Delivering motherhood
Subtitle: maternal ideologies and practices in the 19th and 20th centuries
By: edited by Katherine Arnup, Andrée Lévesque, and Ruth Roach Pierson ; with the assistance of Margaret Brennan.
Contributors: Arnup, Katherine, 1949-; Lévesque, Andrée.; Pierson, Ruth Roach, 1938-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Motherhood -- Canada -- History; Human reproduction -- Social aspects -- Canada; Childbirth -- Canada -- History; Birth control -- Canada -- History; Abortion -- history -- Canada; Family Planning -- history -- Canada; Midwifery -- history -- Canada; Mothers -- history -- Canada; Obstetrics -- history -- Canada
Description: This volume features a series of essays which describe the way in which control over the different stages of reproduction, from conception through delivery to childcare, has shifted in Canada from the central figure of the mother to experts and professionals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.