The Resource Babies for the nation : the medicalization of motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970, Denyse Baillargeon ; translated by W. Donald Wilson
Babies for the nation : the medicalization of motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970, Denyse Baillargeon ; translated by W. Donald Wilson
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- Summary
- Described by some as a "necropolis for babies," the province of Quebec in the early twentieth century recorded infant mortality rates, particularly among French-speaking Catholics, that were among the highest in the Western world. This "bleeding of the nation" gave birth to a vast movement for child welfare that paved the way for a medicalization of childbearing. In Babies for the Nation, basing her analysis on extensive documentary research and more than fifty interviews with mothers, Denyse Baillargeon sets out to understand how doctors were able to convince women to consult them, and why
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages)
- Contents
-
- Chapter 1. A "Bad Mother" Called Quebec
- An Early Death
- Dying While Giving Life
- Chapter 2. A Very National Infant Mortality Rate
- The Nation in Peril, 1910-1940
- A National Dearth of Children, 1940-1970
- Chapter 3. Let Us Have the Mother and the Child Is Ours
- The Ignorance of Mothers
- Teach Over and Over
- Chapter 4. A School for Mothers
- Clinics for Newborns
- Home Care
- The Victorian Order of Nurses
- The Nurses from the "Met"
- The Assistance maternelle
- Services for Mothers Outside the Major Centres
- Prenatal Clinics
- Public Lectures and the Distribution of Documents
- Chapter 5. Bitter Struggles
- All for One
- General Practitioners and Public Health Officials
- General Practitioners and the Assistance maternelle de Montréal
- Doctors and Nurses
- Physicians and "Maternalist" Feminists
- Church and State
- Chapter 6. The Quebec Mother and Child
- Care for Expectant Women
- Care for Babies
- To Read While Caring for Baby
- Relations with Doctors and Nurses
- Epilogue: To Have or Not to Have ...
- Appendix 1. Sources
- Appendix 2. Infant Mortality Rates, Canada and the Provinces, 1926-1965
- Isbn
- 9781554582723
- Label
- Babies for the nation : the medicalization of motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970
- Title
- Babies for the nation
- Title remainder
- the medicalization of motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970
- Statement of responsibility
- Denyse Baillargeon ; translated by W. Donald Wilson
- Subject
-
- Quebec
- Newborn infants -- Care -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Child care -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Maternal health services -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Maternal health services
- Maternal Health Services -- history
- 1900-1999
- Medizinische Versorgung
- Obstetrics -- Social aspects -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Neugeborenenkrankheit
- History
- Geschichte 1910-1970
- Child care
- Social control -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Newborn infants -- Mortality
- Säuglingspflege
- Social control
- Newborn infants -- Mortality -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth
- Obstetrics -- history
- Social Control, Informal -- history
- Québec
- Geburtshilfe
- History, 20th Century
- Neugeborenensterblichkeit
- Newborn infants -- Care
- Infant Mortality -- history
- Infant Care -- history
- Obstetrics -- Social aspects
- Perinatale Medizin
- Québec
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- Described by some as a "necropolis for babies," the province of Quebec in the early twentieth century recorded infant mortality rates, particularly among French-speaking Catholics, that were among the highest in the Western world. This "bleeding of the nation" gave birth to a vast movement for child welfare that paved the way for a medicalization of childbearing. In Babies for the Nation, basing her analysis on extensive documentary research and more than fifty interviews with mothers, Denyse Baillargeon sets out to understand how doctors were able to convince women to consult them, and why
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Baillargeon, Denyse
- Dewey number
- 362.198/2009714
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Text chiefly in English. Includes some text in French, as well as some text presented in parallel columns of French and English
- LC call number
- RG963.C22
- LC item number
- Q413 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2009 I-855
- WA 11 DC2
- NLM item number
- B157q 2009a
- Series statement
- Studies in childhood and family in Canada
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Obstetrics
- Social control
- Maternal health services
- Newborn infants
- Newborn infants
- Child care
- Maternal Health Services
- History, 20th Century
- Infant Care
- Infant Mortality
- Obstetrics
- Social Control, Informal
- Quebec
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- Child care
- Maternal health services
- Newborn infants
- Newborn infants
- Obstetrics
- Social control
- Québec
- Perinatale Medizin
- Geburtshilfe
- Säuglingspflege
- Neugeborenenkrankheit
- Medizinische Versorgung
- Neugeborenensterblichkeit
- Québec
- Label
- Babies for the nation : the medicalization of motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970, Denyse Baillargeon ; translated by W. Donald Wilson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chapter 1. A "Bad Mother" Called Quebec -- An Early Death -- Dying While Giving Life -- Chapter 2. A Very National Infant Mortality Rate -- The Nation in Peril, 1910-1940 -- A National Dearth of Children, 1940-1970 -- Chapter 3. Let Us Have the Mother and the Child Is Ours -- The Ignorance of Mothers -- Teach Over and Over -- Chapter 4. A School for Mothers -- Clinics for Newborns -- Home Care -- The Victorian Order of Nurses -- The Nurses from the "Met" -- The Assistance maternelle -- Services for Mothers Outside the Major Centres -- Prenatal Clinics -- Public Lectures and the Distribution of Documents -- Chapter 5. Bitter Struggles -- All for One -- General Practitioners and Public Health Officials -- General Practitioners and the Assistance maternelle de Montréal -- Doctors and Nurses -- Physicians and "Maternalist" Feminists -- Church and State -- Chapter 6. The Quebec Mother and Child -- Care for Expectant Women -- Care for Babies -- To Read While Caring for Baby -- Relations with Doctors and Nurses -- Epilogue: To Have or Not to Have ... -- Appendix 1. Sources -- Appendix 2. Infant Mortality Rates, Canada and the Provinces, 1926-1965
- Control code
- 659584777
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to LAC onsite clients
- Isbn
- 9781554582723
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)659584777
- Label
- Babies for the nation : the medicalization of motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970, Denyse Baillargeon ; translated by W. Donald Wilson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chapter 1. A "Bad Mother" Called Quebec -- An Early Death -- Dying While Giving Life -- Chapter 2. A Very National Infant Mortality Rate -- The Nation in Peril, 1910-1940 -- A National Dearth of Children, 1940-1970 -- Chapter 3. Let Us Have the Mother and the Child Is Ours -- The Ignorance of Mothers -- Teach Over and Over -- Chapter 4. A School for Mothers -- Clinics for Newborns -- Home Care -- The Victorian Order of Nurses -- The Nurses from the "Met" -- The Assistance maternelle -- Services for Mothers Outside the Major Centres -- Prenatal Clinics -- Public Lectures and the Distribution of Documents -- Chapter 5. Bitter Struggles -- All for One -- General Practitioners and Public Health Officials -- General Practitioners and the Assistance maternelle de Montréal -- Doctors and Nurses -- Physicians and "Maternalist" Feminists -- Church and State -- Chapter 6. The Quebec Mother and Child -- Care for Expectant Women -- Care for Babies -- To Read While Caring for Baby -- Relations with Doctors and Nurses -- Epilogue: To Have or Not to Have ... -- Appendix 1. Sources -- Appendix 2. Infant Mortality Rates, Canada and the Provinces, 1926-1965
- Control code
- 659584777
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to LAC onsite clients
- Isbn
- 9781554582723
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)659584777
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Child care
- Child care -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Geburtshilfe
- Geschichte 1910-1970
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth
- History
- History, 20th Century
- Infant Care -- history
- Infant Mortality -- history
- Maternal Health Services -- history
- Maternal health services
- Maternal health services -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Medizinische Versorgung
- Neugeborenenkrankheit
- Neugeborenensterblichkeit
- Newborn infants -- Care
- Newborn infants -- Care -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Newborn infants -- Mortality
- Newborn infants -- Mortality -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Obstetrics -- Social aspects
- Obstetrics -- Social aspects -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Obstetrics -- history
- Perinatale Medizin
- Quebec
- Québec
- Québec
- Social Control, Informal -- history
- Social control
- Social control -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century
- Säuglingspflege
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