| Mothers and King Baby: Infant Survival and Welfare in an Imperial World: Australia 1880-1950 1997 Edition Contributor(s): Smith, Philippa Mein (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349143065 ISBN-13: 9781349143061 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Children's Studies |
| Dewey: 304.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.98 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is about infant mortality decline, the rise of the infant welfare movement, outcomes in terms of changing priorities in child health and what happened to mothers and babies. Infant welfare raised public awareness but did not contribute as powerfully to improved infant survival - and so longer life - as protagonists claimed. This work shows what it meant for reformers, babies and mothers when the call was 'population is power: the nation that has the babies has the future'. |
