Catching Babies: The Professionalization of Childbirth, 1870-1920

by Charlotte Borst

Childbirth is a quintessential family event that simultaneously holds great promise and runs the risk of danger. By the late nineteenth century, the birthing room had become a place where the goals of the new scientific professional could be demonstrated, but where traditional female knowledge was in conflict with the new ways. Here the choice of attendants and their practices defined gender, ethnicity, class, and the role of the professional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674733479
• ISBN13: 9780674733473
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"