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UNINA9910454588903321 |
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Autore |
Abel Emily K |
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Titolo |
Hearts of wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : American women caring for kin, 1850-1940 / / Emily K. Abel |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Caregivers - United States - History - 19th century |
Caregivers - United States - History - 20th century |
Medical personnel-caregiver relationships - United States - History - 19th century |
Medical personnel-caregiver relationships - United States - History - 20th century |
Women - United States - Social conditions |
Home nursing - United States - History - 19th century |
Home nursing - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-320) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: 1850-1890 1. "Hot Flannels, Hot Teas, and a Great Deal of Care": Emily Hawley Gillespie and Sarah Gillespie, 1858-1888 2. An Overview of Nineteenth-Century Caregiving 3. "Tried at the Quilting Bees": Con icts between "Old Ladies" and Aspiring Professionals Part Two: 1890-1940 4. A "Terrible and Exhausting" Struggle: Martha Shaw Farnsworth, 1890-1924 5. "Just as You Direct": Caregiver Translations of Medical Authority 6. Negotiating Public Health Directives: Poor New Yorkers at the Turn of the Century |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A study of caregiving in America across ethnic and class divides during the 19th and early 20th century. This book reveals how a complex series of historical changes altered the cultural meaning of care. |
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