* Contents

* Foreword XX

* Introduction XX

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Ars erotica: the early arts of birth control XX

* The Economics of Sexual Reproduction: birth control in the ancient world? XX -
Calls for greater Fertility: origins of the reproduction ethic in Judaism, Christianity and Islam XX -
The not so secret Lore of Ancient Medicine XX -
Poetic Truth: deliberate infertility as a theme in ancient literature XX -
Unfruitful Activities: "suppositories for women" and herbal potions XX

* Transformations: the supposed repression of birth control knowledge in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times XX

* A History of Demographics and the Origins of Birth Control XX -
Secreta mulierum: female lore on pregnancy and birth control XXX -
Sexual Desire and Atonement: a theology of "the sinful flesh" XXX -
Castration, Condoms, Casanovas: techniques of birth control old and new XXX

* The Commencement of scientia sexualis in the 19th century: the effects of moral and political imperatives on the discourse on birth control XXX

* (Neo-) Malthusianism and its Implications for Demographics XXX -
A fresh approach to knowledge: educational sex brochures and their readers XXX -
Sexual politics: intensified control and its counter resistance XXX -
The practice of "being careful" - between tradition and progress XXX

* A Day to Day Regime: the "democratisation" of birth control in the 20th century

* A Promise of Deliverance: the "nationalisation" of birth control: enforced sterilisation and national birth control programmes XXX -
Sexual Morality in Transition and the waning Influence of Religion XXX - synchronicity and the asynchronous: birth control techniques old and new XXX

* Future Prospects

* "A contraceptive Pill for men" - the contraceptive of the future XXX

* Notes XXX -
Bibliography XXX