| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in the social history of medicine
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Studies in the social history of medicine.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The social evolution of preindustrial American cities, 1700-1820 / Gary B. Nash -- Strumpets and misogynists : brothel "riots" an the transformation of prostitution in Antebellum New York City / Timothy J. Gilfoyle -- The enemy within : some effects of foreign immigrants on Antebellum Southern cities / Randall M. Miller -- The American parade : representations of the nineteenth-century social order / Mary Ryan -- The centrality of the horse in the nineteenth-century American city / Clay McShane and Joel A. Tarr -- Underworlds and underdogs : big Tim Sullivan and metropolitan politics in New York, 1889-1913 / Daniel Czitrom -- The "poor man's friend" : saloonkeepers, workers, and the code of reciprocity in U.S. barrooms, 1870-1920 / Madelon Powers -- Leisure and labor / Kathy Peiss -- Chicago's 1919 race riot : ethnicity, class, and urban violence / Dominic A. Pacyga -- Music and mass culture in Mexican-American Los Angeles / George J. Saanchez -- The new deal in Dallas / Roger Biles -- Harold and Dutch : a comparative look at the first Black mayors of Chicago and New Orleans / Arnold R. Hirsch -- Blacks and hispanics in multicultural America : a Miami case study / Raymond A. Mohl -- Bold new city or built-up 'burb? Redefining contemporary suburbia / William Sharpe and Leonard Wallock -- New perspectives on American urban history / Raymond A. Mohl. |
| Summary |
Questioning for the first time many conventional historical assumptions, this book is fundamental to a better understanding of the effect on midwives of the unprecedented progress of science, particularly obstetric science in 20th century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Midwifery -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
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Midwifery. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Midwifery -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Midwifery -- Social aspects -- Europe.
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Midwifery -- Social aspects. |
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Midwifery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. |
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Midwifery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Midwifery -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Midwifery -- history. |
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Europe. |
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United Kingdom. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Marland, Hilary.
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Rafferty, Anne Marie.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Midwives, society, and childbirth. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 0415133289 (DLC) 96041125 (OCoLC)35360721 |
| ISBN |
0585452792 (electronic book) |
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9780585452791 (electronic book) |
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9780203435892 |
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0203435893 |
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9780415133289 |
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0415133289 |
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