June 1, 2024The English Historical Review

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England, by Sarah Fox

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LCLisa Forman CodyClaremont McKenna College

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Book review examines Sarah Fox's historical analysis of eighteenth-century childbirth, highlighting evolving maternal care and obstetrical traditions.

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Childbirth in eighteenth-century England reflects significant transformations across domestic spaces, communal networks, and emerging obstetrical care.
Historical analysis of archival evidence details early modern reproduction spanning 238 pages of documentary records and social history.
Historical review evaluates the monograph published by University of London Press, contextualizing maternal care across medical history.

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Lisa Forman Cody (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e674e7b6db6435875ff8bf https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceae118

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Book review examines Sarah Fox's historical analysis of eighteenth-century childbirth, highlighting evolving maternal care and obstetrical traditions.

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