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The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control Classic Paperback – April 30, 2001

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This is a reprint of the bestselling 1922 classic on birth-control and women's rights with new chapters by George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, and articles culled from the "New York Times".

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279 pages
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Inkling Books
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April 30, 2001
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7.5 x 0.59 x 9.25 inches
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158742004X
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978-1587420047
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Publisher : Inkling Books; 1st edition (April 30, 2001)
Language : English
Paperback : 279 pages
ISBN-10 : 158742004X
ISBN-13 : 978-1587420047
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.59 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,193,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #495 in Abortion & Birth Control
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Lexander

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Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2012

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The truth from planned parenthood in the words of its founder. An important document with fantastic accompanying commentary from others. One must know the foundation to form opinion on todays organization. Hitler learned from this woman and her ilk, not the other way around. Eugenics is a foundation, not some disassociated doctrine. This book is a must read and should be required in Universities!

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A revelation

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2014

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What really is behind Planned Parenthood, how it got started and why -- how euthanasia led to birth control and abortion.

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G. Stelzenmuller

Probably not what you thought about Margaret Sanger before reading this

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2009

Like or dislike Margaret Sanger, her book in her own words will change what you think of her. Her association with eugenics (hereditary improvement of race or breed in humans) has caused Sanger to lose some luster these days. It would be fair to describe her eugenics as "soft," or "passive," as the text of her book does not actively state a desire for forced sterilization. The reader will find in the appendix, however, that forced sterilization was one of the tenets of the American Birth Control League, of which she was a founder. Throughout "Pivot" one will not find the word "race" defined by Sanger as we might today - skin color, or some ethnicity. Rather, one sees that she talks about humankind as a whole - the "human race." One more readily understands where much of her supposed racism stems from, as she speaks movingly and often about the plight of the poor family, especially the woman, and how simple knowledge/education would cure most of this problem. She illustrates the depth of her knowledge herself, perhaps from her travels and contacts, about how more enlightened parts of the world were handling their own population difficulties.

Margaret Sanger very clearly shows her skill as superb essayist. The whole book can be taken as one long essay, but was probably a work of many Sanger essays drawn together. The resulting compendium would please your high school English teacher. Whether the reader will like the author's trains of logic, those trains do get built up from premise to premise, a technique which must have irritated many a condescending male critic of the day! It would be good to remember, too, that many, many famous persons in the early 20th century were staunch advocates of eugenics: Theodore Roosevelt, H.G. Wells, Woodrow Wilson, Havelock Ellis, and most socialists (excepting, perhaps, Norman Thomas).

Sanger punctures Karl Marx's theoretical social engineering quickly, but thoroughly, midway through the book a couple times. She did not touch his signature theory of capital creation, rather, she showed why real people would not let such a social system as his get off the ground. This little snippet will be a worthwhile bunch of paragraphs to many readers. Many times the author opines about the benefits of living in the U.S. It is true that Sanger churns out piles a bad-news statistics about the U.S., but clearly this happens because that was where most of the reliable numbers existed.

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Diane S

Not worth the money.

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2016

The problem with this book is what your paying for, you are paying for the brief and not so informative but more opinionated commentary of guy who reprinted Margaret Sanger's book, which is included in this book. Magnet Sanger's book is freely available online. I suggest you go read that than waste money on this

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EAJ

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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2009

Ms. Sanger founded Planned Parenthood but was also a proponent of eugenics, advocating selective breeding, sterilization and euthanasia. In 1932 Sanger urged "a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring." In her 1938 autobiography, she describes how well she got along with the woman's branch of the KKK at Silver Lake, N.J. in a speech she gave to them, hanging on well into the night talking with the ladies after the speech. She was associated with The Negro Project, whose main idea was to recruit charismatic black ministers to encourage black women to practice birth control, thereby reducing the number of black babies being born. In a December 10, 1939 letter, Sanger wrote to Dr. Gamble, head of The Negro Project: "We do not want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten that idea out if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."
These are hew own words. Her book is dark but her past is darker still. Why on earth Would Hillary Clinton accept an award with Sangers name on it??

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