Title: Childbearing in American society, 1650-1850 /
Authors: Scholten, Catherine M., 1949-1981.
Publisher: New York University Press,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Obstetrics; Mothers; Child Rearing; Obstetrics history; Mothers history; Child Rearing history; Motherhood United States History.; Childbirth United States History.; Child rearing United States History.; Mother and child United States History.; United States
Contents: Introduction -- "Daughters of Eve": Women as Childbearers: 1650-1750 -- The Medical Management of Childbirth: 1760-1825 -- Mothers and Children in the Colonial Years -- The Occupation of Motherhood: 1750-1850 -- Conclusion: Toward the Twentieth Century: Changes in the Management of Birth and Motherhood.