Title Born to a changing world : childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand / Alison Clarke

Published Wellington, N.Z. : Bridget Williams Books, 2012 ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (389 pages) Contents 1. Open air and the Whare Kōhanga: Māori birth ways -- 2. Lying in: Pākehā birth ways -- 3. 'Destitute and ailing': giving birth in hospital -- 4. 'What beautiful children these are!': clothing the baby -- 5. From wet nursing to condensed milk: changes in infant feeding -- 6. Christening, churching and circumcision: the religious rituals of childbirth -- 7. 'The angel of death was waiting for them': maternal illness and death -- 8. 'She has no baby now to call her mother' : infant death -- Appendix: Court cases Summary "Emerging from diaries, letters and memoirs, the voices of this remarkable book tell a new story of life arriving amidst a turbulent world. Before the Plunket Society, before antibiotics, before 'safe' Caesarean sections and registered midwives, nineteenth century birthing practice in New Zealand was typically determined by culture, not nature or the state. Alison Clarke works from the heart of this practice, presenting a history balanced in its coverage of social and medical contexts. Connecting these contexts provides new insights into the same debates on childhood - from infant feeding to maternity care - that persist today. Tracing the experiences of Māori and Pākehā birth ways, this richly illustrated story remains centered throughout on birthing women, their babies and families"--Publisher information Notes Print version record Subject Childbirth -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century Childbirth -- Social aspects -- New Zealand Infants -- Care -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century Natural Childbirth -- history Infant Care -- history Maternal Death -- history Social Conditions -- history History, 19th Century Childbirth Childbirth -- Social aspects Infants -- Care Whānau (Wāhine) Barnafödande -- historia. Maori (folk) SUBJECT New Zealand Subject New Zealand Genre/Form History Pēpē Whānau (Wāhine) Form Electronic book ISBN 9781927327234 1927327237

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