American by Birth explores the history and legacy of Wong Kim Ark and the 1898 Supreme Court case that bears his name, which established the automatic citizensh

Why do so many American women allow themselves to become enmeshed in the standardized routines of technocratic childbirth--routines that can be insensitive, unn

The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more

In mid-sixteenth-century England, people were born into authority and responsibility based on their social status. Thus elite children could designate property

Traces the history of childbirth in America and assesses the conventional and alternative methods of childbirth, commenting on the state of American childbirth