Ourselves unborn : a history of the fetus in modern America / Sara Dubow.
By: Dubow, Sara.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: viii, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780190610715 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Fetus -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Obstetrics -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Perinatology -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Fetus -- United States | Beginning of Human Life -- United States | Civil Rights -- history -- United States | History, 19th Century -- United States | History, 20th Century -- United States | History, 21st Century -- United States | Personhood -- United States | Public Policy -- United States | Social Environment -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | RG600 .D83 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009448 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-296) and index.
Introduction : fetal stories -- Discovering fetal life, 1870s-1920s -- Interpreting fetal bodies, 1930s-1970s -- Defining fetal personhood, 1973-1976 -- Defending fetal rights, 1970s-1990s -- Debating fetal pain, 1984-2007 -- Epilogue : fetal meanings.