Technologies of Choice - A History of Abortion Techniques in the United States, 1850 - 1980 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639060027)

In the last three decades, studies in the history and sociology of technology have taught us a great deal about the processes of invention, development, and diffusion. However, almost nothing is known, historically, about the technologies of pregnancy ter-mination. Despite the fact that these technologies are having an enormous social, ethical, and economic impact on today's world, no scholar has ever thoroughly explored the changing technologies of abortion (especially those used by physicians) in the United States between the years 1850 and 1980, and no effort has been made to understand how these changing technologies were connected to the politics of medical professionalization, specialization, and commer-cialization. This work seeks to fill this historical vacuum.

Author: Tanfer Tunc
ISBN-10: 3639060024
ISBN-13: 9783639060027
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2008
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d