Babies for the nation : the medicalization of motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970 / Denyse Baillargeon ; translated by W. Donald Wilson.

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 vas...

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Accesso online:Electronic book from EBSCO
Autore principale: Baillargeon, Denyse, 1954-
Natura: eBook
Lingua:English
French
Pubblicazione:Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2009.
Serie:Studies in childhood and family in Canada.
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