The Family Planning Association and Contraceptive Science and Technology in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book offers the first in-depth investigation into the relationship between the National Birth Control Association, later the Family Planning Association, and contraceptive science and technology in the pre-Pill era. It explores the Association's role in designing and supporting scientific research, employment of scientists, engagement with manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies, and use of its facilities, patients, staff, medical, scientific, and political networks to standardise and guarantee contraceptive technology it prescribed and produced. By taking a micro-history approach to the archives of the Association, this book highlights the importance of this organisation to the history of science, technology, and medicine in twentieth-century Britain. It examines the Association's participation within Western family planning networks, working particularly closely with its American counterparts to develop chemical and biological means of testing contraception for efficacy, quality, and safety.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
Release date:	August 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Natasha Szuhan
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	294
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-081299-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-081299-5
Barcode:	9783030812997

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