Birth Control in the Decolonizing Caribbean Reproductive Politics and Practice on Four Islands, 1930–1970
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of Acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 The Answer, an Aid, a Right: Birth Control Debates and Social Movements in the Caribbean
- 2 From Politics to Practice: The Colonial Office, Foreign Activists, and Local Family Planning Clinics
- 3 Beyond Culture or Choice: Working-Class Families and Birth Control Clinics
- 4 A Matter of Cost: Reproductive Politics, State Family Planning Programs, and Foreign Aid in the Transition to Independent Rule
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2017
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of Acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 The Answer, an Aid, a Right: Birth Control Debates and Social Movements in the Caribbean
- 2 From Politics to Practice: The Colonial Office, Foreign Activists, and Local Family Planning Clinics
- 3 Beyond Culture or Choice: Working-Class Families and Birth Control Clinics
- 4 A Matter of Cost: Reproductive Politics, State Family Planning Programs, and Foreign Aid in the Transition to Independent Rule
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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