ISBN:
9780813537931
,
0813538432
,
0813537932
,
9780813538433
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 209 p)
,
ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Perfect Motherhood : Science and Childrearing in America
DDC:
306.874/30973
Keywords:
Motherhood History
;
Physician and patient History
;
Mothers History
;
Motherhood ; United States ; History
;
Mothers ; United States ; History
;
Physician and patient ; United States ; History
;
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Abstract:
Parenting today is virtually synonymous with worry. We want to ensure that our children are healthy, that they get a good education, and that they grow up to be able to cope with the challenges of modern life. In our anxiety, we are keenly aware of our inability to know what is best for our children. When should we toilet train? What is the best way to encourage a fussy child to eat? How should we protect our children from disease and injury? Before the nineteenth century, maternal instinct—a mother’s “natural know-how”—was considered the only tool necessa
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Redefining Motherhood; Chapter I: "Follow the lead of physicians": Motherhood in the Late Nineteenth Century; Chapter 2: "Mamma's scientific-she knows all the laws": Motherhood in the Early Twentieth Century; Chapter 3: "Follow my instructions exactly": Experts to Mothers in the Interwar Period and during World War II; Chapter 4: "The modern way": Mothers circa 1920--1945 ; Chapter 5: "Now I know that an authority has the same opinion as mine": Motherhood in the Postwar Period
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6: "Use it to guide, not to dictate": Motherhood in the Late Twentieth CenturyConclusion: ""I wanted to do it right""; Notes; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-194) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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