Progressive mothers, better babies : race, public health, and the state in Brazil, 1850-1945 / by Okezi T. Otovo.

  • Otovo, Okezi T.
Date:
2016
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.

Physical description

x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition

First edition.

Contents

Persistence and change : the "mulata velha" -- Domestic health care : the mãe e preta -- Motherhood as science : the curiosa -- Foundling care and family welfare : the mãe e desnaturada -- Bahia's estado novo : the pai dos pobres.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-261) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    UVH.793.AA8-9
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ISBN

  • 9781477308837
  • 1477308830
  • 9781477309056
  • 1477309055