Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions.

Introduction
The First Encounters
Maternity Hospitals
Colonial Midwives
The Bà mu and Childbirth Pluralism
Scientific Motherhood and the Teaching of Maternity
The Depression Era and the Discovery of the Child
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index