Pushing in Silence: Modernizing Puerto Rico and the Medicalization of Childbirth

Author/Contributor(s):	Cordova, Isabel M
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Date:	01/06/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This 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.