Proving pregnancy : gender, law, and medical knowledge in nineteenth-century America /

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"Examining infanticide cases in the United States from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, Proving Pregnancy documents how women - Black and white, enslaved and free - gradually lost control over reproduction to male medical and legal professionals"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, Felicity M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Colección:Gender & American culture.
Temas:
1800-1899
Infanticide > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Human reproduction > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Human body > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Women's rights > United States > History > 19th century.
Sex discrimination > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Pregnancy > Signs and diagnosis.
Intangible property.
MEDICAL / History
Human body > Law and legislation.
Human reproduction > Law and legislation.
Infanticide > Law and legislation.
Sex discrimination > Law and legislation.
Women's rights.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
Law.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Examining infanticide cases in the United States from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, Proving Pregnancy documents how women - Black and white, enslaved and free - gradually lost control over reproduction to male medical and legal professionals"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 228 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469669724
1469669722
9781469669717
1469669714

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