culture, community, and health politics, 1880-1950 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Susan L. Smith
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Urbana :
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University of Illinois Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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ix, 280 p. :
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ill. ;
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23 cm
SERIES
Series Title
The Asian American experience
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-269) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In the late 19th century, midwifery was transformed into a new women's profession by modernizing Japan. As emigration to the U.S. increased, so Japanese midwives became involved as cultural brokers & participated in the creation of a Japanese American identity