Those dirty ads! Birth control advertising in the 1920s and 1930s

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-48

  Sarch, Amy ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0031287743     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295039709366995     Document Type: Article

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