| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 105.2

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Book Review

Methods/Theory

Jo Murphy-Lawless. Reading Birth and Death: A History of Obstetric Thinking. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1998. Pp. 343.

This book is not a history of childbirth but an examination of specific historical issues in childbirth with relevance to the present day. Written by Jo Murphy-Lawless, a feminist sociologist, the focus is on the nature of obstetric thinking. It is not always an easy book to read: it veers from the present to the past and back again; it makes few concessions for those who are not familiar with the general history of childbirth; and it does not always provide the broader context with which historians in general inform their work. Nevertheless, it is a stimulating book and raises significant issues for all interested in the history of medicine and science. . . .

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