Conceiving the Future Pronatalism, Reproduction, and the Family in the United States, 1890-1938
Through nostalgic idealizations of motherhood, family, and the home, influential leaders in early twentieth-century America constructed and legitimated a range of reforms that promoted human reproduction. Their pronatalism emerged from a modernist conviction that reproduction and population could be...
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| Médium: | E-kniha Kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
2007
University of North Carolina Press |
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| Edice: | Gender and American Culture |
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| ISBN: | 080785803X, 9780807858035, 0807831077, 9780807831076 |
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- Front Matter Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1: NOSTALGIA, MODERNISM, AND THE FAMILY IDEAL 2: NEW OCCASIONS TEACH NEW DUTIES: 3: RECLAIMING THE HOME: 4: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SEX: 5: MEN AS TREES WALKING: 6: FITTER FAMILIES FOR FUTURE FIRESIDES: 7: AMERICAN PRONATALISM NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
- Cover Title Page, Copyright Contents Acknowledgments 1. Nostalgia, Modernism, and the Family Ideal 2. New Occasions Teach New Duties: Mary Elizabeth Leases Maternalist Agenda 3. Reclaiming the Home: George H. Maxwell and the Homecroft Movement 4. The Political Economy of Sex: Edward A. Ross and Race Suicide 5. Men As Trees Walking: Theodore Roosevelt and the Conservation of the Race 6. Fitter Families for Future Firesides: Florence Sherbon and Popular Eugenics 7. American Pronatalism Notes Bibliography Index
- Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Nostalgia, Modernism, and the Family Ideal -- 2. New Occasions Teach New Duties: Mary Elizabeth Lease's Maternalist Agenda -- 3. Reclaiming the Home: George H. Maxwell and the Homecroft Movement -- 4. The Political Economy of Sex: Edward A. Ross and Race Suicide -- 5. Men As Trees Walking: Theodore Roosevelt and the Conservation of the Race -- 6. Fitter Families for Future Firesides: Florence Sherbon and Popular Eugenics -- 7. American Pronatalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z