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A Social History of Wet Nursing in America: From Breast to Bottle - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Golden, Janet (Rutgers University, New Jersey)
A Social History of Wet Nursing in America: From Breast to Bottle - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Golden, Janet (Rutgers University, New Jersey)
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.
232 pages, 27 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 23, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521495448 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 234 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 235 × 17 mm · 451 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Jones, Colin A. |
| Series Editor | Rosenberg, Charles |