Description: Further DetailsTitle: Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950Condition: NewISBN-10: 0802036317EAN: 9780802036315ISBN: 9780802036315Publisher: University of Toronto PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/18/2002Description: In Giving Birth in Canada, the first historical study of childbirth in Canada, Wendy Mitchinson has written a fascinating account of childbirth rituals in the first half of the twentieth century. Thorough and comprehensive, the work is based on a rich variety of sources, including medical textbooks, the medical periodical press, popular medical advice books, literature published in women's magazines, patient records, and interviews with women who gave birth and physicians who practiced during the period. Mitchinson follows the birthing experience, from the initial diagnosis of pregnancy, through prenatal care, childbirth - who was present, and where it took place - to obstetrical intervention, postnatal care and the definition of what constituted a normal birth, much of which changed significantly through those years. She explores physicians' responses to the needs of pregnant women, developments in medical practices, and the increasing medicalization of childbirth. While the book focuses on conventional medical practices, the author's survey of midwifery and Aboriginal birthing practices provides a counterpoint to the approach taken by western medicine and permits valuable discussion about the dynamics of gender and race as they relate to childbirth and, more broadly, to early twentieth-century Canada.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 160mmItem Width: 38mmItem Weight: 814gAuthor: Wendy MitchinsonGenre: Society & CultureTopic: ParentingBook Series: Studies in Gender and HistoryRelease Year: 2002 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950
Title: Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950
ISBN-10: 0802036317
EAN: 9780802036315
ISBN: 9780802036315
Release Date: 05/18/2002
Release Year: 2002
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Parenting
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Name: Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950
Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Item Height: 1.5 in
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: Canada / General, General, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Gynecology & Obstetrics, History, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28.7 Oz
Author: Wendy Mitchinson
Subject Area: Health & Fitness, Social Science, Medical, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.3 in
Series: Studies in Gender and History Ser.
Format: Hardcover
