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Brought to bed: childbearing in America, 1750 to 1950
Judith Walzer Leavitt
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Frontmatter
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Introduction (page 3)
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1 "Under the Shadow of Maternity" Childbirth and Women's Lives in America (page 13)
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2 "Science" Enters the Birthing Room The Impact of Physician Obstetrics (page 36)
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3 "Overcivilization and Maternity" Differences in Women's Childbirth Experiences (page 64)
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4 "Only a Woman Can Know" The Role of Gender in the Birthing Room (page 87)
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5 "The Greatest Blessing of This Age" Pain Relief in Obstetrics (page 116)
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6 Why Women Suffer So Meddlesome Midwifery and Scrupulous Cleanliness (page 142)
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7 "Alone Among Strangers" Birth Moves to the Hospital (page 171)
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8 Decision-Making and the Process of Change (page 196)
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Epilogue (page 213)
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Notes (page 219)
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Chronology of Events in Childbirth History (page 263)
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Glossary of Medical Terms (page 271)
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Index (page 277)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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HEQ | 27.4 (Winter 1987): 545-549 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2680%28198724%2927%3A4%3C545%3ABTBCIA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z |
JEH | 47.3 (Sept. 1987): 835-836 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28198709%2947%3A3%3C835%3ABTBCIA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L |
ISIS | 78.3 (Sept. 1987): 473-475 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28198709%2978%3A3%3C473%3ABTBCIA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T |
RAH | 15.4 (Dec. 1987): 668-673 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-7511%28198712%2915%3A4%3C668%3ABDTSFC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-J |
AHR | 93.1 (Feb. 1988): 221-222 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198802%2993%3A1%3C221%3ABTBCIA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 |
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Published: c1986
Publisher: Oxford University Press
- 9780195056907 (paper)
- 9780198020912 (ebook)
- 9780195038439 (hardcover)