Sociology: birth books

314 books were found.

Who Chooses?: American Reproductive History Since 1830

Who Chooses?: American Reproductive History Since 1830...

Author: Simone Caron
ISBN: 9780813035048
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Analyzes the forces at play in shaping reproductive policy in the United States. This book reveals that despite...  Read More >>

The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today

The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the...

Author: Andrew J. Cherlin
ISBN: 9780307386380
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Previously published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.  Read More >>

Rural Unwed Mothers: An American Experience, 1870-1950

Rural Unwed Mothers: An American Experience, 1870-1950...

Author: Mazie Hough
ISBN: 9781851964000
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Drawing extensively from agency records, newspaper accounts, sociological studies and court documents, Hough explores...  Read More >>

Destinies of the Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teen Childbearing

Destinies of the Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teen...

Author: Frank Furstenberg
ISBN: 9780871543295
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Teen childbearing has risen to frighteningly high levels over the last four decades, jeopardizing the life chances...  Read More >>

Unraveled: A Weaver's Tale of Life Gone Modern

Unraveled: A Weaver's Tale of Life Gone Modern

Author: Elizabeth Krause
ISBN: 9780520258495
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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Unraveled: A Weaver’s Tale of Life Gone Modern

Unraveled: A Weaver’s Tale of Life Gone Modern

Author: Elizabeth Krause
ISBN: 9780520258488
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Bridging literary conventions, this work explores the cultural origins of a quiet revolution that occurred over...  Read More >>

September Songs: The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years

September Songs: The Good News About Marriage in the...

Author: Maggie Scarf
ISBN: 9781594483998
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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Substitute Parents: Biological and Social Perspectives on Alloparenting in Human Societies

Substitute Parents: Biological and Social Perspectives...

Author: Gillian Bentley ,  Ruth Mace
ISBN: 9781845451066
Format: Hardback
$140.00

From a comparative perspective, human life histories are unique and raising offspring is unusually costly: humans...  Read More >>

Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America's First Legal Same-Sex Marriages

Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America's...

Author: Karen Kahn ,  Patricia A. Gozemba
ISBN: 9780807066218
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Through engaging storytelling and powerful photographs, Courting Equality takes readers through the volatile public...  Read More >>

The Shelter of Each Other

The Shelter of Each Other

Author: Mary Pipher, PhD
ISBN: 9781594483721
Format: Paperback
$49.99

"""Simple solutions for survival in this family-unfriendly culture...Eye-opening...heart-wrenching and uplifting.""-San...  Read More >>

Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, causes and policy issues

Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, causes...

Author: Paulin Straughan ,  Angelique Chan (National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9780415468848
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This book brings together work on the low fertility countries of East Asia with an analysis of trends in fertility,...  Read More >>

Why Are Our Babies Dying?: Pregnancy, Birth, and Death in America

Why Are Our Babies Dying?: Pregnancy, Birth, and Death...

Author: Sandra Lane
ISBN: 9781594514418
Format: Paperback
$65.99

Argues that birth problems and infant death among the African-American community are signs of systemic discrimination....  Read More >>

Where There Is No Midwife: Birth and Loss in Rural India

Where There Is No Midwife: Birth and Loss in Rural India...

Author: Sarah Pinto
ISBN: 9781845453107
Format: Hardback
$125.00

Follows the daily lives of rural women in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, an agricultural region with high...  Read More >>

Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand: Forty Years of Development and Cultural Change

Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand: Forty...

Author: Anders Poulsen
ISBN: 9788776940034
Format: Paperback
$92.40

A rare study of Isan-Thai customs and belief associated with pregnancy and birth and how they have changed over...  Read More >>

Birth: A History

Birth: A History

Author: Tina Cassidy
ISBN: 9780701181192
Format: Paperback
$35.00

The engaging and eye-opening story of how we and our ancestors entered the world. Through the frigid, blurry January...  Read More >>

Birth and Death in Nineteenth-Century French Culture

Birth and Death in Nineteenth-Century French Culture...

Author: Nigel Harkness ,  Lisa Downing
ISBN: 9789042022607
Format: Paperback
$212.78

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The Gift of the Other: Levinas and the Politics of Reproduction

The Gift of the Other: Levinas and the Politics of Reproduction...

Author: Lisa Guenther
ISBN: 9780791468487
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Presents a philosophical exploration of birth, maternity, and reproduction.  Read More >>

The Gift of the Other: Levinas and the Politics of Reproduction

The Gift of the Other: Levinas and the Politics of Reproduction...

Author: Lisa Guenther
ISBN: 9780791468470
Format: Hardback
$196.68

Offers a philosophical exploration of birth, maternity, and reproduction.  Read More >>

Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage

Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage

Author: Stephanie Coontz
ISBN: 9780143036678
Format: Paperback
$37.99

In this surprising landmark book, family historian Coontz explodes every cherished assumption about marriage, starting...  Read More >>

Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece

Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece

Author: Nancy Demand
ISBN: 9780801880537
Format: Paperback
$84.99

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Perinatal Mental Health: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals

Perinatal Mental Health: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals...

Author: Riley Diana ,  Ruth Chambers
ISBN: 9781870905787
Format: Paperback
$56.99

APPRAISAL AND REVALIDATION SERIES The new Appraisal and Revalidation Series helps doctors demonstrate their competence...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Pregnancy: Pregnancy, Medicine and Culture, 1750-2000

A Cultural History of Pregnancy: Pregnancy, Medicine...

Author: C. Hanson
ISBN: 9780333986448
Format: Hardback
$168.00

Drawing on a wide range of sources, including obstetric texts, pregnancy advice books, literary texts, popular fiction...  Read More >>

Birth as an American Rite of Passage

Birth as an American Rite of Passage

Author: Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
ISBN: 9780520229327
Format: Paperback
$73.79

This study examines why, despite the growing strength of the natural childbirth movement, women increasingly opt...  Read More >>

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