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Perfect motherhood : science and childrearing in America / Rima D. Apple.

By: Publication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.Description: xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813537932 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813538432 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780813537931
  • 9780813538433
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.874/30973 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ759 .A58 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Redefining motherhood -- "Follow the lead of physicians": Motherhood in the late nineteenth century -- "Mamma's scientific--she knows all the laws": Motherhood in the early twentieth century -- "Follow my instructions exactly": Experts to mothers in the interwar period and during World War II -- "The modern way": Mothers, circa 1920-1945 -- "Now I know that an authority has the same opinion as mine": Motherhood in the postwar period -- "Use it to guide, not to dictate": Motherhood in the late twentieth century -- Conclusion: "I wanted to do it right".
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HQ759 .A58 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000981240

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-194) and index.

Redefining motherhood -- "Follow the lead of physicians": Motherhood in the late nineteenth century -- "Mamma's scientific--she knows all the laws": Motherhood in the early twentieth century -- "Follow my instructions exactly": Experts to mothers in the interwar period and during World War II -- "The modern way": Mothers, circa 1920-1945 -- "Now I know that an authority has the same opinion as mine": Motherhood in the postwar period -- "Use it to guide, not to dictate": Motherhood in the late twentieth century -- Conclusion: "I wanted to do it right".

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