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008			170127t20182018txuab b s001 0 eng c
010			_a 2017003511
020			_a9781477313633 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a9781477314128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_z9781477314135 (library e-book)
020			_z9781477314142 (non-library e-book)
040			_aTxU/DLC _beng _cTxU _erda _dDLC
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050	0	0	_aRG518.P9 _bC67 2018
082	0	0	_a618.20097295 _223
100	1		_aCórdova, Isabel M., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPushing in silence : _bmodernizing Puerto Rico and the medicalization of childbirth / _cIsabel M. Córdova.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c2018.
300			_a234 pages : _billustration, map ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aChapter 1. Phase One: Midwife-Assisted Home Births, 1948–1953 -- Chapter 2. Phase Two: Transitioning toward Hospital Births, 1954–1958 -- Chapter 3. Phase Three: Physician-Assisted Hospital Births, 1959–1965 -- Chapter 4. Phase Four: Medicalized Births, 1966–1979 -- Chapter 5. Phase Five: Novoparteras and a Technocratic, Litigation-Based Model of Birth, 1980–2000.
520			_aThis history of evolving birthing practices in Puerto Rico reveals how dramatic transformations in childbirth resulted from broader economic, political, and cultural shifts toward a model of industrial nationhood.
650		0	_aChildbirth _zPuerto Rico _xHistory.
650		0	_aObstetrics _xSocial aspects _zPuerto Rico _xHistory.
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