A Social History of Wet Nursing in America: From Breast to Bottle
(Part of the Women, Gender, and Health Series and Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Series)
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A Social History of Wet Nursing in America: From Breast to Bottle examines the intersection of medical science, social theory, and cultural practices as they shaped relations among wet nurses, physicians, and families from the colonial period through the twentieth century. It explores how Americans used wet nursing to solve infant feeding problems, shows why wet nursing became controversial as motherhood slowly became medicalized, and elaborates how...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0814250726
ISBN13:9780814250723
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:Ohio State University Press
Length:215 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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