Save the Babies Save the Babies American Public He
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Today fewer than one in a hundred American babies die in infancy. But a century ago, as many as one in six did. Historian Richard Meckel analyzes the efforts of American reformers who mounted a campaign to reduce infant mortality, from its discovery as a social problem in the 1850s to the limited success in securing federal funding for infancy and maternity programs in the 1920s. In a substantive epilogue, he also traces the evolution of American...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0472085565
ISBN13:9780472085569
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:University of Michigan Press
Length:302 Pages
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