Reproducing empire : race, sex, science, and U.S. imperialism in Puerto Rico /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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| Series: | American crossroads ;
11. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Colonialism: Familiar Territory; 1. Sexuality, Medicine, and Imperialism: The International Traffic in Prostitution Policy; 2. Sex and Citizenship: The Politics of Prostitution in Puerto Rico, 1898-1918; 3. Debating Reproduction: Birth Control, Eugenics, and Overpopulation in Puerto Rico, 1920-1940; 4. Demon Mothers in the Social Laboratory: Development, Overpopulation, and "the Pill," 1940-1960; 5. The Politics of Sterilization, 1937-1974; 6. "I like to be in America": Postwar Puerto Rican Migration, the Culture of Poverty, and the Moynihan Report
- EPILOGUE: Ghosts, Cyborgs, and Why Puerto Rico Is the Most Important Place in the WorldNotes; Bibliography; Index
