Preface

Introduction: The Public and Private Stake in Reproduction

Barren to Infertile: Childlessness Before the Twentieth Century

The "Race Suicide" Panic: Eugenics and the Pressure to Procreate

Unfit for Parenthood: Class, Race, and Compulsory Sterilization

The Baby Craze: The Rise of Compulsory Parenthood

Infertility: Freud in the Bedroom, Sex at the Clinic

Childfree: The Revolt Against the Baby Boom

Designer Genes: The Baby Quest and the Reproductive Fix

Appendix: A Note on the Sample of Letters

Notes

Index

Elaine Tyler May is Professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota.