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Author

Baumslag, Naomi.

Title Milk, money, and madness : the culture and politics of breastfeeding / Naomi Baumslag and Dia L. Michels ; foreword by Richard Jolly.

Imprint

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1995.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	649.33 B327m	---	Available

Description	xxxi, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-245) and index.
Contents	Breastfeeding beliefs and practices -- Breastfeeding customs around the world -- Wet nursing, surrogate feeding, and healing qualities of breastmilk -- Breastmilk: the Miracle food and medicine -- Cow s milk is for cows -- Artificial feeding -- Breastmilk economics -- The global search for formula sale -- Women and work -- Appendixes.
Subject	Breastfeeding -- Health aspects.
	Breastfeeding -- Social aspects.
	Breast milk.
	Infant formulas.
Added Author	Michels, Dia L.
ISBN	0897894073 (hc : accidb sfree paper)
	0897894081 (pbk.)