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Author:

Otovo, Okezi T., author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Motherhood--Brazil--History--19th century.
Motherhood--Brazil--History--20th century.
Public health--Brazil--History--19th century.
Public health--Brazil--History--20th century.
Women, Black--Race identity--Brazil.
Women's health services--Brazil.
Public health--Social aspects--Brazil.
Health care reform--Brazil--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

ISBN:

1477309055 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781477309056 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1477308830 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781477308837 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)921240265

LCCN:

2015033636

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)