What Adolescents Ought to Know: Sexual Health Texts in Early Twentieth-Century America

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Contents O List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 i. French Origins of International Sexual Health Communication with Adolescents 19 ii. Initial Transnational Intersections: French Texts and American Culture 63 iii. Social Hygiene vs. the Sexual Plagues in Indiana and the World 89 iv. What Young Readers Ought to Know: The Successful Selling of Sex Education 120 v. Battling Books: Censorship, Conservatism, and Market Competition 152 Conclusion 178 Notes 193 Index 227 [ vii ] ...