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Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico

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Author(s): Laura Briggs
Edition: 1
Year: 2002

Language: English
Pages: 304

Acknowledgments......Page 10
INTRODUCTION: Colonialism: Familiar Territory......Page 16
1. Sexuality, Medicine, and Imperialism: The International Traffic in Prostitution Policy......Page 36
2. Sex and Citizenship: The Politics of Prostitution in Puerto Rico, 1898–1918......Page 61
3. Debating Reproduction: Birth Control, Eugenics, and Overpopulation in Puerto Rico, 1920–1940......Page 89
4. Demon Mothers in the Social Laboratory: Development, Overpopulation, and “the Pill,” 1940–1960......Page 124
5. The Politics of Sterilization, 1937–1974......Page 157
6. “I like to be in America”: Postwar Puerto Rican Migration, the Culture of Poverty, and the Moynihan Report......Page 177
EPILOGUE: Ghosts, Cyborgs, and Why Puerto Rico Is the Most Important Place in the World......Page 208
Notes......Page 226
Bibliography......Page 258
Index......Page 282