Medical History of Contraception. - Softcover

Himes, Norman Edwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805202463 ISBN 13: 9780805202465

Publisher: Schocken Books, 1970

Synopsis

Contents:
Contraceptive Technique Before the Dawn of Written History
Contraceptive Technique in Antiquity (Western World)
Contraceptive Technique in Eastern Cultures
Technique in the West during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Democratization of Technique since 1800 in England and the Uniteo States
Democratization and its Future Effects

Both an exhaustive survey of many cultures over a period of three thousand years, and a thoughtful application of sociological discipline to the history of medicine, MEDICAL HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTION 1S a fascinating introduction to the era of Humanae Vitae. "Men and women have always longed for both fertility and sterility, each at its appointed time and in its chosen circumstances," the author declares, and his book, first published in 1936, is a masterful collation of historical and anthropological evidence, from pre-literate Trobrianders to semi-literate London. The bibliography of 1500 items, covering publications up to the mid-1930's, is a unique contribution to scholarship.

Norman E. Himes was Professor of Sociology at Colgate University and served as a consultant to the National Council on Maternal Health.

"A monument of curious and valuable information." -New Statesman and Nation

"The wealth of detail ... makes his work of great interest to medical men and anthropologists, as well as to sociologists and social historians." -The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

"It is a classic-complete, accurate, scholarly, and well-written." -Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher

About this edition

• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0805202463
• ISBN 13: 9780805202465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 553