Title Babies made us modern : how infants brought America into the twentieth century / Janet Golden

Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) Contents Did babies make us modern? -- Infant lives and deaths : incubators, demographics, photographs -- Valuing babies : economics, social welfare, progressives -- Helping citizen baby : the u.s. children's bureau, good advice, better babies -- Bringing up babies I : giving, spending, saving, praying -- Bringing up babies II : health & illness, food & drink -- Helping baby citizens : traditional healers, patent medicines, local cultures -- The inner lives of babies : infant psychology -- Babies' changing times : depression, war, peace -- Baby boom babies -- Kissing and dismissing babies : American exceptionalism Summary Placing babies' lives at the center of her narrative, historian Janet Golden analyzes the dramatic transformations in the lives of American babies during the twentieth century. She examines how babies shaped American society and culture and led their families into the modern world to become more accepting of scientific medicine, active consumers, open to new theories of human psychological development, and welcoming of government advice and programs. Golden also connects the reduction in infant mortality to the increasing privatization of American lives. She also examines the influence of cultural traditions and religious practices upon the diversity of infant lives, exploring the ways class, race, region, gender, and community shaped life in the nursery and household Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 27, 2018) Subject Child rearing -- United States -- History -- 20th century Infants -- United States -- History -- 20th century Maternal and infant welfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century Parent and infant -- United States -- History -- 20th century Parent and child. Child Rearing -- history Parent-Child Relations Infant Welfare -- history History, 19th Century History, 20th Century FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General. Parent and child Child rearing Infants Maternal and infant welfare Parent and infant United States United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108246132 1108246133 9781108227308 1108227309

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