Reproducing Empire

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"Original and compelling, Laura Briggs's Reproducing Empire shows how, for both Puerto Ricans and North Americans, ideologies of sexuality, reproduction, and gender have shaped relations between the island and the mainland. From science to public policy, the "culture of poverty" to overpopulation, feminism to Puerto Rican nationalism, this book uncovers the persistence of concerns about motherhood, prostitution, and family in shaping the beliefs and practices of virtually every player in the twentieth-century drama of Puerto Rican colonialism. In this way, it reveals the legacies haunting contemporary debates over globalization."--Page 4 of cover.

subjects: Prostitution,  Sterilization (Birth control),  Puerto Ricans,  Birth control,  Relations,  History,  Birth control, puerto rico,  Puerto ricans, united states,  United states, relations, puerto rico,  Family Planning Services,  Colonialism,  Health Policy,  Sex Work,  Sterilization,  Contraception,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Abortion & Birth Control,  General,  International relations