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UNINA9910817870403321 |
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Autore |
Clarke Alison |
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Titolo |
Born to a changing world : childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand / / Alison Clarke |
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Wellington, New Zealand : , : Bridget Williams Books, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (389 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Childbirth - New Zealand - History - 19th century |
Childbirth - History - New Zealand |
Infants - Care - New Zealand - History - 19th century |
Whānau (Wāhine) |
Pēpē |
Whānau (Wāhine) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Open air and the Whare Kōhanga: Māori birth ways -- 2. Lying in: Pākehā birth ways -- 3. 'Destitute and ailing': giving birth in hospital -- 4. 'What beautiful children these are!': clothing the baby -- 5. From wet nursing to condensed milk: changes in infant feeding -- 6. Christening, churching and circumcision: the religious rituals of childbirth -- 7. 'The angel of death was waiting for them': maternal illness and death -- 8. 'She has no baby now to call her mother' : infant death -- Appendix: Court cases. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Emerging from diaries, letters and memoirs, the 'voices' of this history tell of new life amidst a turbulent world. Tracing Maori and Pakeha experience, the narrative is centred on mothers, their babies and families: this is their history. |
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