GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS Sexual Chemistry: A History of the Contraceptive Pill. By Lara V. Marks. London: Yale University Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 372. $29.95.
本书从国际视角详细追溯了避孕药的起源及其社会影响，补充了现有研究的不足，适合对医学史、社会史感兴趣的读者。
The contraceptive pill is widely assumed to have had a revolutionary effect on society, but its origins and the changes it is said to have brought about have not been fully explored. A recent history of the pill by Elizabeth Watkins did much to fill that gap ( On the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950–1970 . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998). Sexual Chemistry adds both an international perspective and a rich level of detail to the story.