Encyclopedia of birth control /
Vern L. Bullough, editor ; Brenda Appleby ... [et al.], associate editors ; with James A. Brundage ... [et al.].
- xv, 349 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abortion -- Abortion and Birth Control Clinics -- Abortion in the Nineteenth Century -- Abortion in the Twentieth Century -- Abstinence -- African Slaves in the United States and Birth Control -- Age at Pregnancy -- American Birth Control League -- American Medical Association -- Anal Intercourse -- Ancient Civilizations and Birth Control -- Anemia, Diet, and Pregnancy -- Apothecaries, Abortifacients, Contraceptives, and Patent Medicines -- Augustine, Saint (d. 430) -- Barrier Contraceptives -- Besant, Annie (1847-1933) -- Birth Control -- Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau -- Birth Control Review -- Bradlaugh, Charles (1833-1891) -- Bradlaugh-Besant Trial -- Breast-feeding as a Method of Birth Control -- Brownsville Birth Control Clinic -- Cadbury, George (1907-1995) and Barbara (1910- ) -- Canada and Birth Control -- Canon Law and Abortion -- Canon Law and Contraception -- Carlile, Richard (1790-1843) -- Catholic Church (American) and Birth Control -- Cervical Cap -- Cervical Rings -- China and Birth Control -- Christian Hostility to Birth Control -- Classical Medical and Scientific Writers on Birth Control -- Classical World -- Coitus Interruptus (Withdrawal) -- Coitus Reservatus -- Comstock, Anthony (1844-1915), and Comstockery -- Condom -- Cooper, James F. (1880-1931) -- Council of Trent and Catholic Tradition -- Criminalizing of Abortion -- Demography and Population Control in Early Modern Europe -- Dennett, Mary Coffin Ware (1872-1947) -- Diaphragm -- Dickinson, Robert Latou (1861-1950).
In addition to full coverage of traditional techniques of contraception and a discussion of the history of current practices, this encyclopedia includes an appendix that briefly outlines the contemporary contraceptive practices in every major country in the world. Edited by a noted scholar of health and sexuality, Encyclopedia of Birth Control is a complete report on the historical development and efficacy of contraceptive practices around the world, both past and present.