Catholics and Contraception: An American History

by Leslie Woodcock Tentler

Book Overview

As Americans rethought sex in the twentieth century, the Catholic Church's teachings on the divisive issue of contraception in marriage were in many ways central. In a fascinating history, Leslie Woodcock Tentler traces changing attitudes: from the late nineteenth century, when religious leaders of every variety were largely united in their opposition to contraception; to the 1920s, when distillations of Freud and the works of family planning reformers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801474949
• ISBN13: 9780801474941
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher