Book Reviews—Southeast Asia: Childbirth, Maternity, and Medical Pluralism in French Colonial Vietnam, 1880–1945

[...]the administration faced issues retaining colonial midwives. Here Nguyen examines the administration's focus on infant survival and goals to decrease the infant mortality rate. In addition to colonial Vietnamese literature, she also draws from sources with perspectives on reproductive health history across cultures, including American, European, and African. [...]Childbirth, Maternity, and Medical Pluralism in French Colonial Vietnam provides a provocative obstetrical history that is valuable in understanding contemporary issues regarding women's bodies and reproductive health governance.