Born: A History of Childbirth by Inglis, Lucy
Born: A History of Childbirth by Inglis, Lucy

Born: A History of Childbirth

A groundbreaking history of childbirth filled with medical, political, and social triumphs, Born is the story of...
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Author: Lucy Inglis
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Born: A History of Childbirth by Inglis, Lucy

Born: A History of Childbirth

$45.91
Born: A History of Childbirth by Inglis, Lucy

Born: A History of Childbirth

$45.91
Author: Lucy Inglis
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A groundbreaking history of childbirth filled with medical, political, and social triumphs, Born is the story of how we give birth set against the female struggle to govern their ability to reproduce.

Born moves around over time and large geographical, social, and cultural distances, but returns continually to a series of themes: the experience of pregnancy, the act of childbirth, and latterly, the fight for reproductive autonomy.

Whatever their ultimate outcomes, pregnancy and the act of childbirth are at once an individual and communal event. No two births are the same, yet the history of childbirth informs us about so much more than this intimate moment in the lives of a woman and her offspring. The act of childbirth informs us as unique individuals, yet at the same moment makes us part of something much greater than ourselves.

This book is the sum of many stories that combine war, art, science, and politics with the fundamental act of human existence. It is not a book about parenting or motherhood beyond the moment of delivery and the short time afterward. Instead, this is a story of the evolving role pregnancy and childbirth have played in societies through history, of the mysticism, the practicalities, and the power struggles that have shaped nations, yet also, individual identities.

Our narrative starts out in prehistory and ends now, with the reversal of Roe v. Wade, taking in mother-and-child bone fragments of the Ice Age, the cries from the medieval birthing chair, and the calls to rally of our modern age. This is how we are Born.

Author: Lucy Inglis
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 10/07/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9781639365883


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/25/2025

About the Author
Lucy Inglis is the creator of the Georgian London blog, and her book of the same name was shortlisted for the Longman-History Today Prize. City of Halves, her first novel for young adults, was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase Award. Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium was published by Pegasus Books in 2019. She lives in Britain.
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