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Japanese American midwives : culture, community, and health politics, 1880-1950

Title
Japanese American midwives : culture, community, and health politics, 1880-1950 / Susan L. Smith.
Author
Smith, Susan Lynn, 1960-
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Description
ix, 280 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.
Series Statement
The Asian American experience
Uniform Title
Asian American experience.
Subject
  • Midwifery > United States > History
  • Midwifery > Japan > History
  • Midwives > United States > History
  • Midwives > Japan > History
  • Japanese American women > History
  • Japanese > United States > History
  • Midwifery > history
  • Asian > history
  • Health Policy > history
  • Race Relations > history
  • Japan > History
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-269) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Japanese American women, racial politics, and the meanings of midwifery -- 1. Creation of the Sanba in Meiji Japan -- 2. Race relations, midwife regulations, and the Sanba in the American West -- 3. Seattle Sanba and the creation of Issei community -- 4. Midwife supervision in Hawai'i -- 5. Militarization, midwifery, and World War II.
ISBN
  • 0252030052 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0252072472 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005007104
  • 9780252030055
  • 9780252072475
OCLC
  • OCM58526751
  • SCSB-5218179
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