{"product_id":"on-the-pill-elizabeth-siegel-watkins-9780801868214","title":"On the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In 1968, a popular writer ranked the pill's importance with the discovery of fire and the developments of tool-making, hunting, agriculture, urbanism, scientific medicine, and nuclear energy. Twenty-five years later, the leading British weekly, the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e, listed the pill as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. The image of the oral contraceptive as revolutionary persists in popular culture, yet the nature of the changes it supposedly brought about has not been fully investigated. After more than thirty-five years on the market, the role of the pill is due for a thorough examination.\"--from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fresh look at the pill's cultural and medical history, Elizabeth Siegel Watkins re-examines the scientific and ideological forces that led to its development, the part women played in debates over its application, and the role of the media, medical profession, and pharmaceutical industry in deciding issues of its safety and meaning. Her study helps us not only to understand the contraceptive revolution as such but also to appreciate the misinterpretations that surround it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Siegel Watkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801868211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801868214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 5.81w x 0.89d","brand":"Elizabeth Siegel Watkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926138388735,"sku":"9780801868214","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1baeca4d-58c4-4b29-b69a-2618e6b6b318.jpg?v=1681081415","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-pill-elizabeth-siegel-watkins-9780801868214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}