Contraception: A Concise History

by Donna J. Drucker

The development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods from the late nineteenth century to the present, viewed from the perspective of reproductive justice.

The beginning of the modern contraceptive era began in 1882, when Dr. Aletta Jacobs opened the first birth control clinic in Amsterdam. The founding of this facility, and the clinical provision of contraception that it enabled, marked the moment when physicians started to take...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262538423
• ISBN13: 9780262538428
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.0"