Jesse Olszynko-Gryn

A Woman's Right to Know

Pregnancy Testing in Twentieth-Century Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

"Tells the story of pregnancy testing-one of the most significant and least studied technologies of reproduction"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9780262544399
• ISBN-10: 0262544393
• Artikelnr.: 68430867

Autorenporträt

Jesse Olszynko-Gryn is head of the Oral History and Experimental Media Lab at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Feeling Pregnant 1
2 Bedside and Bench 11
3 The Business of Diagnosis 35
4 Knowledge and Ignorance 63
5 Imported Toads 91
6 Family Planning 115
7 Risky Hormones 145
8 Direct to Consumer 169
9 Over the Counter 201
10 Do It Yourself 227
11 Blue Lines 259
12 Futures and Afterlives 281
Acknowledgments 291
Abbreviations 297
Notes 299
References 341
Index 401