Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950

by Wendy Mitchinson

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802084710
• ISBN13: 9780802084712
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.0" x 6.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher