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BL
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625830
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Smith, Susan Lynn,1960-
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| Title & Author
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Japanese American midwives : : culture, community, and health politics, 1880-1950 /\ Susan L. Smith
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| Publication Statement
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Urbana :: University of Illinois Press,, c2005
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| Series Statement
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The Asian American experience
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| Page. NO
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ix, 280 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780252030055 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0252030052 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780252072475 (paper : alk. paper)
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: 0252072472 (paper : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-269) and index
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| Contents
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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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| 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
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Midwifery-- United States-- History
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Midwifery-- Japan-- History
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Midwives-- United States-- History
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Midwives-- Japan-- History
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Japanese American women-- History
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Japanese-- United States-- History
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Midwifery-- history-- United States
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Asian Americans-- history-- United States
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Health Policy-- history-- United States
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Race Relations-- history-- United States
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Japan, Emigration and immigration, History
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| Dewey Classification
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362.198/2/0089956073
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| LC Classification
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RG950.S655 2005
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| NLM classification
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WQ 11 AA1S659j 2005
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