Social history of wet nursing in america, a: from breast to bottle
Auteur :
Golden, Janet
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521495448
Date de publication :
23 févr. 1996
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,9 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
451 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Combining women's history and the history of medicine, this book charts the history of wet nursing in America from the colonial period through the early twentieth century. It portrays changes in medical practice, social welfare, childrearing, and motherhood that caused wet nursing's decline.