{"product_id":"development-and-womens-reproductive-health-holly-ashford-9781032227849","title":"Development and Women's Reproductive Health in Ghana, 1920-1982","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates the history of women's reproductive health in Ghana, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003earguing that between the 1920s and 1980s, it was largely driven by discourses of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003edevelopment and population control rather than a concern for women's health or\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003erights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween the 1920s and 1980s, the choices that Ghanaian women made\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eregarding their reproductive health were defined by development policy and\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epractice. Spanning the colonial and immediate postcolonial periods, this book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003edemonstrates that whilst the substance of development discourse shifted over\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etime, principles of development continued to be used to impact and legitimise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereproductive health policy and practices well after independence. The book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eexplores Ghana's pluralist health system, the introduction of maternal and child\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewelfare, the dominance of the Red Cross in Ghana's maternal and child health\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elandscape, nationalist pronatalism and global population activism. In order to\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eunderstand how global iterations of development and health policy impacted\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eordinary lives in Ghana, the author uses evidence from multiple 'levels, ' including\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eprivate papers, national archives and records of international and transnational\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eorganisations. Providing balanced archival perspectives, the book includes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eextensive oral history interviews carried out with both rural Ghanaian women and\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etraditional birth attendants, as well as with midwives, doctors and family planning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efieldworkers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will have an important impact on a number of historical fields\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eincluding Ghanaian history, global health history, global histories of population\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand family planning and histories of development. It will be of interest to\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eresearchers and students in the history of public health, development, Africa, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGhana and gender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Holly Ashford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032227842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032227849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holly Ashford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44181264728319,"sku":"9781032227849","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf86431d-dce8-4470-be1c-b571d07a6171.jpg?v=1690259480","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/development-and-womens-reproductive-health-holly-ashford-9781032227849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}