The Empty Cradle: Infertility in America from Colonial Times to the Present

Resource Type

Book

Description

"Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1996"[Marsh and Ronner make for] a highly successful combination in which faultless clinical detail and a broad social and cultural approach are seamlessly woven to produce a very impressive and beautifully written historical work of the first importance."?Irvine Louden, Journal of the Social History of Medicine In The Empty Cradle, Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner delve into the origins of the many misconceptions surrounding infertility as they explore how medical and cultural beliefs emerged throughout its controversial history. Drawing on a wide variety of sources?including intimate diaries and letters, patient records, memoirs, medical literature, and popular magazines?The Empty Cradle investigates the social, cultural, scientific, and medical dimensions of infertility over the past three hundred years."--JHU Press

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

0801861764

Authors

Margaret Marsh , Wanda Ronner

Publication

1999 Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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