{"product_id":"the-empty-cradle-margaret-marsh-9780801861765","title":"The Empty Cradle: Infertility in America from Colonial Times to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelected by \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 1996\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Cradle, \u003c\/i\u003e Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner delve into the origins of the many misconceptions surrounding infertility as they explore how medical and cultural beliefs emerged throughout its controversial history. Drawing on a wide variety of sources--including intimate diaries and letters, patient records, memoirs, medical literature, and popular magazines--\u003ci\u003eThe Empty Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the social, cultural, scientific, and medical dimensions of infertility over the past three hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarsh and Ronner explore reactions--among both physicians and husbands--to the emerging scientific evidence that infertility was a condition for which men and women bear equal responsibility. The book concludes that infertility is still a subject affected by myth and misunderstanding. A lively and compelling history of a complex medical and cultural phenomenon, \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e brings a valuable perspective to current debates about how we should think about and address the experience of infertility in our own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Marsh, Wanda Ronner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801861764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801861765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.72w x 0.80d","brand":"Margaret Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489224511743,"sku":"9780801861765","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6229203d-ac4c-453b-b502-3f281a35c685.jpg?v=1736952939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-empty-cradle-margaret-marsh-9780801861765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}