This volume provides a significant new commercial perspective on contraception in modern Britain. It is the first book-length study to examine contraceptives as commodities and to demonstrate the significance of the contraceptive industry in shaping sexual knowledge alongside the medical profession, the birth control movement, and the state before the emergence of the contraceptive pill. -- .
By:
Claire L. Jones
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9781526136282
ISBN 10: 1526136287
Series: Manchester University Press
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 September 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
,
Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: contraceptive commercialisation before the Pill 1 The dynamics of production: contraceptive manufacturing 2 Shaping markets: packaging, brands and trademarks 3 The print culture of contraceptives: advertising and the circulation of birth control knowledge 4 ‘As honest as business permits’: medical practitioners, birth control clinics and contraceptive efficacy 5 Over the counter and on the high street: contraceptive retailing in the urban landscape Epilogue -- .
Claire L. Jones is Senior Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Kent. -- .
Reviews for The Business of Birth Control: Contraception and Commerce in Britain Before the Sexual Revolution
'[...] a much-needed addition'. Metascience -- .
