The Business of Birth Control: Contraception and Commerce in Britain Before the Sexual Revolution
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Publishing Details
The Business of Birth Control: Contraception and Commerce in Britain Before the Sexual Revolution
By (Author) Claire L. Jones
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
8th September 2020
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Birth control, contraception, family planning
Economic history
History of medicine
381.45613940941
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 16mm
449g
Description
This volume provides a significant new commercial perspective on contraception in modern Britain. It is the first book-length study to examine contraceptives as commodities and to demonstrate the significance of the contraceptive industry in shaping sexual knowledge alongside the medical profession, the birth control movement, and the state before the emergence of the contraceptive pill. -- .
Reviews
'[...] a much-needed addition'.
Metascience
Author Bio
Claire L. Jones is Senior Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Kent
