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Raising Baby by the Book: The Education of American Mothers
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Hardcover
from Yale Univ Pr (May 1, 1998)
9780300072143 | details & prices | 309 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $65.00
About: In this study of the education of American mothers, Julia Grant shows how the tides of opinion about proper child care have shifted from the early 1800s, when maternal associations discussed biblical and secular theories of child rearing, through the 1950s, when books like "Dr.
About: In this study of the education of American mothers, Julia Grant shows how the tides of opinion about proper child care have shifted from the early 1800s, when maternal associations discussed biblical and secular theories of child rearing, through the 1950s, when books like "Dr.
Paperback
from Yale Univ Pr (October 28, 2012)
9780300195484 | details & prices | 309 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $34.00
About: Although most nineteenth-century American parents relied staunchly on common sense in raising their children, by the 1920s parents were being urged to adopt a scientific approach to child rearing.
About: Although most nineteenth-century American parents relied staunchly on common sense in raising their children, by the 1920s parents were being urged to adopt a scientific approach to child rearing.