Reproducing empire : race, sex, science, and U.S. imperialism in Puerto Rico /

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Autor Principal: Briggs, Laura, 1964- (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2002.
Series:American crossroads ; 11.
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pncqs
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