Barren in the Promised Land

Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness

Elaine T. May

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$31.00 • £26.95 • €28.95

ISBN 9780674061828

Publication Date: 04/25/1997

Short

336 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

6 halftones; 1 line illustration

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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

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