{"product_id":"replacing-the-dead-mie-nakachi-9780190635138","title":"Replacing the Dead: The Politics of Reproduction in the Postwar Soviet Union","description":"Drawing on never before used archival materials, \u003cem\u003eReplacing the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the history of Soviet and Russian abortion policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is not unusual for nations recovering from wars to incentivize their populations to raise their birthrates. The post-World War II Soviet pronatalism campaign attempted this on an unprecedented scale, aiming to replace a lost population of 27 million. Why, then, did the USSR re-legalize abortion in 1955? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMie Nakachi uses previously hidden archival data to reveal that decisions made by Stalin and Khruschev under the rubric of 'family law' created a society of broken marriages, \"fatherless\" children, and abortions, each totaling in the tens of millions. The government reversed laws regarding paternal responsibility, thereby encouraging men to impregnate unmarried women and widows, and blocked available contraception, overriding the advice of the medical establishment. Some 8.7 million out-of-wedlock children were born between 1945 and 1955 alone. In the absence of serious commitment to supporting Soviet women who worked full-time, the policy did extensive damage to gender relations and the welfare of women and children. Women, famous cultural figures, and Soviet professionals initiated a movement to improve women's reproductive health and make all children equal. Because Soviet leaders did not allow any major reform, an abortion culture grew among Soviet women and spread throughout the Soviet sphere, including Eastern Europe and China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on groundbreaking research, \u003cem\u003eReplacing the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e traces how the idea of women's right to an abortion emerged from an authoritarian society decades before it did in the West and why it remains the dominant method of birth control in present-day Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mie Nakachi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190635134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190635138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022","brand":"Mie Nakachi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989108261119,"sku":"9780190635138","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2b750a7-8e86-4aea-965e-828d0a9de253.jpg?v=1683297711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/replacing-the-dead-mie-nakachi-9780190635138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}