Reproducing the British Caribbean : sex, gender, and population politics after slavery / Juanita De Barros.

Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, [2014]

xii, 279 pages : black and white illustrations, plan ; 24 cm

1st edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-262) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction 1 -- Slavery, emancipation, and reproducing the race -- Population anxieties and infant mortality -- Grannies, midwives, and colonial encounters -- Infant welfare, maternal education, and uplifting the race -- International public health and Caribbean child-saving -- Conclusion. social welfare policies and population questions in the 1930s -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.