Epilogue. Ghosts, Cyborgs, and Why Puerto Rico Is the Most Important Place in the World

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Colonialism: Familiar Territory 1
5. 1. Sexuality, Medicine, and Imperialism: The International Traffic in Prostitution Policy 21
6. 2. Sex and Citizenship: The Politics of Prostitution in Puerto Rico, 1898–1918 46
7. 3. Debating Reproduction: Birth Control, Eugenics, and Overpopulation in Puerto Rico, 1920–1940 74
8. 4. Demon Mothers in the Social Laboratory: Development, Overpopulation, and “the Pill,” 1940–1960 109
9. 5. The Politics of Sterilization, 1937–1974 142
10. 6. “I like to be in America”: Postwar Puerto Rican Migration, the Culture of Poverty, and the Moynihan Report 162
11. Epilogue. Ghosts, Cyborgs, and Why Puerto Rico Is the Most Important Place in the World 193
12. Notes 211
13. Bibliography 243