A Social History of Wet Nursing in America

Janet (Rutgers University, New Jersey) Golden

Cambridge University Press, 1996

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521495448
ISBN-10
052149544X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
Publication date
1996-02-23
Pages
234
Dimensions
235x159x17
Weight
451