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Author:

Smith, Susan Lynn, 1960-

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

ix, 280 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

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--United States.
Asian Americans--history--United States.
Health Policy--history--United States
Race Relations--history--United States.
Japan--History.--History.

Notes:

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.

Series:

The Asian American experience

ISBN:

9780252072475
9780252030055
9780252072475 (paper : alk. paper)
0252072472 (paper : alk. paper)
9780252030055 (cloth : alk. paper)
0252030052 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58526751

LCCN:

2005007104

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)