Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America

Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America

From thriving black market to big business, the commercialization of birth control in the United States

In Devices and Desires, Andrea Tone breaks new ground by showing what it was really like to buy, produce, and use contraceptives during a century of profound social and technological change. A down-and-out sausage-casing worker by day who turned surplus animal intestines into a million-dollar condom enterprise at night; inventors who fashioned cervical caps out of watch springs; and a mother of six who kissed photographs of the inventor of the Pill -- these are just a few of the individuals who make up this riveting story.
Country USA
Brand Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Manufacturer Hill and Wang
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2002-05-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780809038169

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