Abstract
Book Review of: Kaler, Amy. (2017). Baby Trouble in the Last Best West: Making New People in Alberta, 1905-1939. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Highlights
Amy Kaler’s book, “Baby Trouble in the Last Best West”, combines literature from sociological and historical archival sources by examining old letters, case files, censuses, and newspaper reports which deal with issues pertaining to reproduction and childbirth in early twentieth-century Alberta
Kaler focuses on the “imaginative economy of reproduction”, by integrating individual and societal perspectives on the complexity of reproduction and childbirth
Perspectives vary from those who argued that childbirth was a necessity for a nation to survive to those who argued that childbirth led to various political and social problems
Summary
Amy Kaler’s book, “Baby Trouble in the Last Best West”, combines literature from sociological and historical archival sources by examining old letters, case files, censuses, and newspaper reports which deal with issues pertaining to reproduction and childbirth in early twentieth-century Alberta. Kaler questions the lens of reproduction by focusing on the analysis of childbirth, gender politics, medicalization, social programs, and mortality rates in early twentieth-century Alberta. To differentiate among reproduction and childbirth experiences across time and cultures, Kaler focused on specific social and political problems that affected both the individual and society.
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