Sociology: birth books

The demographic future of Asia is a global issue. As the biggest driver of population growth, an understanding of...  Read More >>

With findings that challenge conventional wisdom, Fertility Change on the American Frontier will interest demographers,...  Read More >>

Fighting Fat is a comprehensive study of approaches to obesity from 1920 to 1980 in Canada. It examines the health...  Read More >>

A Washington Post Best Book of 2017.  Read More >>

Prairie Fairies draws upon a wealth of oral, archival and cultural histories to recover the experiences of queer...  Read More >>

Marriage and Fatherhood in the Nazi SS, by Amy Carney, is the first work to significantly assess the role of SS...  Read More >>

Marriage and Fatherhood in the Nazi SS, by Amy Carney, is the first work to significantly assess the role of SS...  Read More >>

Taylor's exploration and insight into the debates around national identity and the privilege of citizenship challenges...  Read More >>

This text combines a positive and practical approach to the study of marriage and family life. It is based on extensive...  Read More >>

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Taylor's exploration and insight into the debates around national identity and the privilege of citizenship challenges...  Read More >>

""First published in collaboration with Margret Trebbe-Plath as Regretting Motherhood: Wenn Mtter bereuen by Albrecht...  Read More >>

Examination of how a negative birthing experience can affect women, and offering support for those directly affected...  Read More >>

Babies: our biggest mystery and our most natural consequence, our hardest test and our enduring love. The author...  Read More >>

Succeeding Together? is an institutional ethnography that analyses front-line accounts from mothers, teachers, and...  Read More >>

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This volume summarizes the major findings of the Princeton European Fertility Project. The Project, begun in 1963,...  Read More >>

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This volume summarizes the major findings of the Princeton European Fertility Project. The Project, begun in 1963,...  Read More >>

Through a close ethnographic examination, this volume explores the impact of conflicting medical guidelines about...  Read More >>

Transnational Reproduction traces the relationships among Western aspiring parents, Indian surrogates, and egg donors...  Read More >>

Transnational Reproduction traces the relationships among Western aspiring parents, Indian surrogates, and egg donors...  Read More >>

Public and Private Families: An Introduction, discusses the family in two senses: the private family, in which we...  Read More >>

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

A heartbreaking memoir tackling the mistreatment of women and the stigma of mental health in the 1940s  Read More >>