Children by choice? : changing values, reproduction, and family planning in the 20th Century

During the 20th century, medico-technical advances such as the invention of the latex condom (1930), the arrival of the contraceptive pill on the free market (1960/61) and the birth of the first child conceived by in vitro fertilization (1978) contributed to the fact that in Europe and the USA, the...

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Main Authors Gembries, Ann-Katrin, Theuke, Theresia, Heinemann, Isabel
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2018
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
De Gruyter
Edition1
SeriesWertewandel im 20. Jahrhundert
Subjects
(BIC subject category)HBJD: European history
(BIC subject category)HBLW3: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000
(BIC subject category)HBLX: 21st century history: from c 2000
(BIC subject category)HBTB: Social & cultural history
(BIC subject category)JKS: Social welfare & social services
(BIC subject category)KCZ: Economic history
(BISAC Subject Heading)HIS000000: HIS000000 HISTORY / General
(BISAC Subject Heading)HIS010020: HIS010020 HISTORY / Europe / Western
(BISAC Subject Heading)HIS037070
(BISAC Subject Heading)HIS054000: HIS054000 HISTORY / Social History
(DDC-Sachgruppen der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie)100
(Product Discount Code)TDI: Trade Discount
(Produktform)Hardback
(Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft
Birth control
Contraception
Contraception-History
Empfängnisverhütung
Europa
Familienplanung
Family planning
Fertility, Human
Geburtenregelung
Geschichte 1920-2003
History
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Soziokultureller Wandel
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Children by Choice? Changing Values, Reproduction, and Family Planning in the 20th Century -- Birth Control as a National Threat? Pronatalist Discourses on Abortion in France and Germany (1920s-1970s) -- "Children by Choice" - Family Decisions and Value Change in the Campaigns of the American Planned Parenthood Federation (1942-1973) -- "Respect girls as future mothers": Sex Education as Family Life Education in State Socialist Hungary (1950s-1980s) -- Popular Medical Discourses on Birth Control in the Soviet Union during the Cold War: Shifting Responsibilities and Relational Values -- Paradox of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives in Spain and Poland (1960s-1970s) -- The Influence of American Sexual Studies on the 'Sexual Revolution' of Italian Women -- Discourses on Abortion and their Impact on Institutions in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in the Second Half of the 20th Century (1950-2003) -- Narratives about Contraception and Abortion in the GDR (1972-1990) Caught between a Liberal Law, Normative Ways of Living and the Individualization of Family Planning -- From "Children by Choice" to "Families by Choice"? 20th-Century Reproductive Decision-Making between Social Change and Normative Transitions -- Authors
  • Narratives about Contraception and Abortion in the GDR (1972–1990) Caught between a Liberal Law, Normative Ways of Living and the Individualization of Family Planning --
  • Contents --
  • “Children by Choice” – Family Decisions and Value Change in the Campaigns of the American Planned Parenthood Federation (1942–1973) --
  • Authors
  • “Respect girls as future mothers”: Sex Education as Family Life Education in State Socialist Hungary (1950s–1980s) --
  • Popular Medical Discourses on Birth Control in the Soviet Union during the Cold War: Shifting Responsibilities and Relational Values --
  • The Influence of American Sexual Studies on the ‘Sexual Revolution’ of Italian Women --
  • Birth Control as a National Threat? Pronatalist Discourses on Abortion in France and Germany (1920s–1970s) --
  • Discourses on Abortion and their Impact on Institutions in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in the Second Half of the 20th Century (1950–2003) --
  • Introduction: Children by Choice? Changing Values, Reproduction, and Family Planning in the 20th Century --
  • From “Children by Choice” to “Families by Choice”? 20th-Century Reproductive Decision-Making between Social Change and Normative Transitions --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Paradox of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives in Spain and Poland (1960s–1970s) --