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Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness - May, Elaine T
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In the first book to explore the experience of being childless throughout our country's history, the author of Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era chronicles the astonishing shifts in public attitudes toward every aspect of childlessness, from voluntary childlessness to compulsory sterilization, infertility, and adoption. Photos.

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Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness 1997, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674061828

Trade paperback

Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness 1995, Basic Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780465006090

Hardcover