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Works Cited "China's 'One-Child Family' Policy." Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources. Ed.

Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and K. Lee Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 216-218. World History in Context. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. This article provided relevant background information on China's one-child policy, as well as how this policy and the traditional preference for sons has led to a gender imbalance in China. The portion of the article that is a primary source consisted of three photographs. The most relevant photograph depicted a propaganda poster that promotes small families. This source is reliable. Cook, Rebecca J. "Reproductive Rights." Encyclopedia of Population. Ed. Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll. Vol. 2. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 846-848. World History in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2013. Rebecca cook provides an overview of the development and declaration of Reproductive rights, as well as examples of specific rights and the duties that they depend on. This article was helpful for identifying specific rights that certain population control strategies are arguably violating. The author was unbiased and has written multiple other articles on Human Rights. Hartmann, Betsy. Reproductive Rights and Wrongs. Rev. ed. Boston: South End, 1995. Questia. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. <http://www.questia.com/read/98189996/reproductive-rights-andwrongs-the-global-politics>. This novel is broken into four parts. The first addresses the world's population problem. The second describes the evolution of birth control, family planning and reproductive rights. It also addresses family planning in China. The third section is about birth control and its many different forms. The final section looks into the future of population control. This source was helpful in providing many dates and

additions to information already acquired. It also provided many quotes from people affected at first-hand by family planning. "India Adopts Compulsory Birth Control, 1976." Historic World Events. Detroit: Gale, 2012. World History in Context. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. This article gives a summary of the establishment of compulsory birth control in India, the key figures involved in the event, and how it impacted the residents of India. It was helpful in providing background knowledge on the topic, in giving statistics and shedding light on how the average Indian person was affected by the event. It seems to be reliable. Marrying Late Has Many Advantages. N.d. Chinese Posters. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://www.chineseposters.net/index.php>. This propaganda poster is ment to support late marriage. It depicts two individuals, a man and a woman, pursing their own careers instead of getting married and having children. This is helpful to this project because it gives unique insight into what the Chinese government wants its citizens to model their lives after, and how it depicts the One-Child Policy. Mubai, Li. Children Born under Planned Parenthood Are Strong. Apr. 1978. Chinese Posters. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.chineseposters.net>. This illustration depicts a baby born under the One-Child Policy as healthy and strong, receiving enough attention and food from its parents. This propaganda posters was used by the Chinese government to enforce and convince people of the new family planning methods. It gives a unique insight into how the Chinese government displayed and depicted its family-planning. "One-Child Policy in China." Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources. Ed. K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 310-315. World History in Context. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. In this primary source, Arthur E. Dewey,

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, expresses the reasons of the withholding of money, by the W. Bush administration, from the UNFPA. Addressing the Congress, Dewey argues that the population control strategies in China violate Human Rights.This source is useful for observing how the US acted on the Chinese one-child policy, however it may be biased. "Population and Population Control." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 11 Dec. 2013. This article discusses many topics centered around population. The first part of the article discusses human world population statistics and trends throughout history as well as issues such as the unequal distribution of population. The second part of the article is about the so-called "Baby Boom" that followed World War II. The third and final part is focused on population control and understanding how and why the human population is growing. This source was helpful in building a basic understanding of population statistics throughout history and how high populations have affected social, economical and political conditions. "Population Control." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 6. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 377-378. World History in Context. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. This article provides a comprehensive overview of what population control is, how it developed, and gives an array of examples of population control strategies throughout history. One of these examples included China's One-Child policy; providing basic background information on what this policy is and when it was instated that can be found in many other sources. The source is unbiased and acknowledges any controversial ideas.

"Reproductive Rights." Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Ed. John Hartwell Moore. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 493-496. World History in Context. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. This article first gives an overview of what reproductive rights are, and then proceeds to describe, in depth, the origin of early birth control and the eugenics movement. It then discusses how women of color have been discriminated against in the past, and how they have had their reproductive rights denied. This source was less helpful than others due to the fact that it mostly discussed the affects reproductive rights on different races and in America, a region this paper was not about. However, it did provide helpful insight into the development of birth control. This article comes from a reliable source. "Reproductive Rights." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 7. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 182-184.World History in Context. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. This article gave an introduction to how the term "reproductive rights" developed, and how they were established, as well as providing an array of examples of places where these rights are, or were, violated. This source was useful in providing short descriptions of violations of reproductive rights, which offered topics for further, more in depth, research. This article came from a reliable encyclopedia. Revolutionary Committee of Shanghai Municipal Health Office. Practice Birth Control for the Revolution. May 1972. Chinese Posters. Web. 16 Dec. 2013. <http://www.chineseposters.net>. This propaganda poster supports the use of birth control. The depiction of strong figures using birth control is used to promote family planning. This illustration was helpful to gain insight on how the Chinese government attempted to encourage people to follow the One-Child Policy.

Xueyuan, Jiangsu Jiaoyu. Population Education Hanging Charts. N.d. Chinese Posters. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.chineseposters.net/>. This chart was created by the Chinese government to educate its citizens about the use of birth control. By educating the people, the government increased the amount of people that actually used birth control. This chart gives insight into methods the Chinese government took to enforce its family planning policies.

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