Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction. Colonialism: Familiar Territory 1. Sexuality, Medicine, and Imperialism: The International Traffic in Prostitution Policy 2. Sex and Citizenship: The Politics of Prostitution in Puerto Rico, 1898-1918 3. Debating Reproduction: Birth Control, Eugenics, and Overpopulation in Puerto Rico, 1920-1940 4. Demon Mothers in the Social Laboratory: Development, Overpopulation, and "the Pill," 1940-1960 5. The Politics of Sterilization, 1937-1974 6. "I like to be in America": Postwar Puerto Rican Migration, the Culture of Poverty, and the Moynihan Report Epilogue. Ghosts, Cyborgs, and Why Puerto Rico Is the Most Important Place in the World Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Laura Briggs is Assistant Professor in the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Arizona.