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100 1 $aKaler, Amy,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBaby trouble in the last best West :$bmaking new people in Alberta, 1905-1939 /$cAmy Kaler.
264 1 $aToronto ;$aBuffalo ;$aLondon :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$c[2017]
264 4 $c©2017
300 $a190 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The little immigrant who comes into our homes : the material conditions of childbirth -- Treasures : multiple economies of reproduction at the Beulah Rescue Home -- Mothers' duties : eugenics, sterilization and the United Farm Women of Alberta -- "Perhaps you may think me independent" : the right to a mothers' allowance -- Unless the infant lives, the national gain is nil : infant mortality as failed reproduction.
520 $a"Reproduction is the most emotionally complicated human activity. It transforms lives but it also creates fears and anxieties about women whose childbearing doesn't conform to the norm. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Kaler utilizes censuses, newspaper reports, social work case files, and personal letters to illuminate the ordeals that women, men, and babies were subjected as Albertans debated childbearing. Through the lens of reproduction, Amy Kaler offers a vivid and engaging analysis of how colonialism, racism, nationalism, medicalization, and evolving gender politics contributed to Alberta's imaginative economy of reproduction. Kaler investigates five different episodes of "baby trouble" including: the emergence of obstetrics as a political issue, the drive for eugenic sterilization, unmarried childbearing and "rescue homes" for unmarried mothers, state-sponsored allowances for single mothers, and high infant mortality. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West will transport the reader to the turmoil of Alberta's early years while examining the complexity of settler society-building and gender struggles."--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aReproductive rights$zAlberta$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aChildbirth$xSocial aspects$zAlberta$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aHuman reproduction$xSocial aspects$zAlberta$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zAlberta$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSingle mothers$zAlberta$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aParenthood$xSocial aspects$zAlberta$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aIllegitimacy$zAlberta$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aInfants$xDeath$xSocial aspects$zAlberta$xHistory$y20th century.
651 5 $aAlberta$xSocial conditions$y1905-1945.
650 6 $aDroits génésiques$zAlberta$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aNaissance$xAspect social$zAlberta$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aReproduction humaine$xAspect social$zAlberta$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aFemmes$xDroit$zAlberta$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aMères de famille monoparentale$zAlberta$xConditions sociales$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aCondition de parents$xAspect social$zAlberta$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aFiliation naturelle$zAlberta$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aNourrissons$xMort$xAspect social$zAlberta$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
651 6 $aAlberta$xConditions sociales$y1905-1945.
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