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Birth
Tina Cassidy
其他書名
The Surprising History of How We Are Born
出版
Grove Press
, 2007-09-10
主題
Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth
History / World
History / Social History
Medical / Gynecology & Obstetrics
ISBN
0802143245
9780802143242
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VIuqeuyBDikC&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
"Well-researched and engaging . . . Birth is a clever, almost irreverent look at an enduring everyday miracle. (A-)"
--Entertainment Weekly
"Wonderful. Packed full of information, a brilliant mixture of ancient wisdom and modern science." --Kate Mosse, author of the
New York Times
best seller,
Labyrinth
"Birth is a power-packed book. . . . A lively, engaging, and often witty read, a quirky, eye-opening account of one of life's most elemental experiences." --
The Boston Globe
Published to widespread acclaim, Tina Cassidy's smart, engaging book is the first world history of childbirth in fifty years. From evolution to the epidural and beyond, Tina Cassidy presents an intelligent, enlightening, and impeccably researched cultural history of how and why we're born the way we are. Women have been giving birth for millennia but that's about the only constant in the final stage of the great process that is human reproduction. Why is it that every culture and generation seems to have its own ideas about the best way to give birth? Cassidy explores the physical, anthropological, political, and religious factors that have and will continue to influence how women bring new life into the world.