Birthing the nation : sex, science, and the conception of eighteenth-century Britons /

Birthing the Nation analyses two intertwined narratives that shaped eighteenth-century British life: the development of the modern British state, and the emergence of the man-midwife as the pre-eminent authority over sex and childbirth. By exploring peculiar episodes in the history of the reproducti...

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Main Author: Cody, Lisa Forman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Online Access:CONNECT