Model Mothers: Jewish Mothers and Maternity Provision in East London, 1870-1939

by Lara V. Marks

Book Overview

In late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain there was deep concern about the perceived physical and military deterioration of the nation, reflected in the diminishing birth rate, persistently high infant mortality, and the poor health of the working class. Many medical practitioners and politicians believed that Jewish mothers were "model mothers" whose exemplary care of their children offered a solution to these problems. Lara Marks assesses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019820454X
• ISBN13: 9780198204541
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"