Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America
Andrea Tone$22.94
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 05/01/2002
ISBN: 9780809038169
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.50w x 0.93d
Review Citations: New York Times 07/07/2002 pg. 20