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Author Stormer, Nathan, 1966- author.

Title Sign of pathology : U.S. medical rhetoric on abortion, 1800s-1960s / Nathan Stormer.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric
RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : struggling through life -- When abortion became a political-economic problem -- Remembering, forgetting, and the secrets of life -- "White man's plague" : anti-Malthusian memory work at the fin de siècle -- "More wisdom in living" : neo-Malthusian memory work at midcentury -- "The lesser of threatened evils" : therapeutic amnesias -- Conclusion : seeking immunity.
Summary "Examines the medical discourse on abortion in the United States from the 1800s to the 1960s. Demonstrates that abortion was seen as a sign of social pathology indicating undoing of civilization"--Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language Text in English.
Subject Abortion -- United States -- History.
Abortion.
United States.
History.
Rhetoric.
Rhetoric.
United States.
Förenta staterna.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Stormer, Nathan, 1966- Sign of pathology 9780271065557 (DLC) 2014034004 (OCoLC)895388343
ISBN 9780271066882 (electronic book)
0271066881 (electronic book)
9780271065557
0271065559
Standard No. 40024749729