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Raul A. Necochea Lopez. “A History of the Medical Control of Fertility in Peru, 1895-1976.” PhD Dissertation, History Department, McGill University, 2009.
Raul Necochea Lopez provides a nuanced and crisply-written analysis of almost a century of fertility control policies in Peru. Drawing on extensive archival research, oral histories and an impressive multilingual secondary literature, he demonstrates the complex manner whereby various authorities attempted to enforce their preferred approach to fertility control, and how
local circumstances and actions often challenged or rebuffed these efforts. While his focus is on Peru, Necochea Lopez situates his research within a broader Latin American framework, incorporating useful international comparisons, and suggesting stimulating new directions for future medical history research.