Japanese American midwives : culture, community, and health politics, 1880-1950 / Susan L. Smith.

  • Smith, Susan Lynn, 1960-
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[2005], ©2005
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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005], ©2005.

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ix, 280 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-269) and index.

Contents

Creation of the sanba in Meiji Japan -- Race relations, midwife regulations, and the sanba in the American west -- Seattle sanba and the creation of Issei community -- Midwife supervision in Hawai'i -- Militarization, midwifery, and World War II.

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    History of Medicine
    UM.6
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  • 0252030052
  • 0252072472