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Rituals of birth : from prehistory to the present / Ann Warren Turner.

Title
Rituals of birth : from prehistory to the present / Ann Warren Turner.
Author
Turner, Ann Warren
Publication
New York : D. McKay Co., c1978.

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Description
144 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Describes childbirth customs in different cultures throughout history.
Subject
  • Birth
  • Birth customs
  • Childbirth
  • Childbirth > Religious aspects
  • Parturition
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [135]-138.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Birth in prehistory -- Ice Age mystery -- Birth in ancient times -- A mother of sons -- Birth in hunting/gathering cultures -- Two mothers -- That my hood be full -- Birth in an agricultural tribe -- The middle place -- Birth in urban cultures -- My thousand ounces of gold -- Birth of the Sun-King -- Multiple births -- Strange births -- The fearful ones -- Birth in modern times -- Birth in America -- The population problem : both sides -- Contraception through history -- How to get a child -- Glossary.
ISBN
0679204407 :
LCCN
^^^77014904^/AC/r903
OCLC
3543605
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library