Our babies, ourselves : how biology and culture shape the way we parent / Meredith F. Small.
Our babies, ourselves : how biology and culture shape the way we parent / Meredith F. Small.
Our babies, ourselves : how biology and culture shape the way we parent / Meredith F. Small.
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Publisher
New York : Anchor Books, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N649.122/41
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxii, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. The Evolution of Babies -- Ch. 2. The Anthropology of Parenting -- Ch. 3. Other Parents, Other Ways -- Ch. 4. A Reasonable Sleep -- Ch. 5. Crybaby -- Ch. 6. Food for Thought -- Ch. 7. Unpacking the Caretaking Package.
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Publisher
New York : Anchor Books, 1998.
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
"In the winter of 1995, in a dimly lit room in Atlanta, Georgia, I witnessed a birth. Not the birth of a baby, but of a new science, ethnopediatrics." Thus begins Dr. Meredith F. Small's new book on the study of parents and infants across cultures and the way different caretaking styles affect the health, well-being, and survival of infants. Each c...
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Our babies, ourselves : how biology and culture shape the way we parent / Meredith F. Small.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-273) and index.
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N649.122/41
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74VM0gq0edMM
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ISBN
0385483627(pbk.)
9780385482578
0385482574
9780385483629(pbk.)
DDC
649.122
MMS ID
991001794209702626
