Title Milk, money, and madness : the culture and politics of breastfeeding / Naomi Baumslag, M.D., M.P.H. and Dia L. Michels ; foreword by Dr. Richard Jolly, Acting Executive Director, UNICEF

Published Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1995 Westport, Conneticut : Bergin & Garvey, 1995

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MELB	649.33 Bau/Mma		AVAILABLE

Description xxxi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents Breastfeeding beliefs and practices -- Breastfeeding customs around the world -- Wet nursing, surrogate feeding, and healing qualities of breastmilk -- Breastmilk: the miracle food and medicine -- Cow's milk is for cows -- Artificial feeding -- Breastmilk economics -- The global search for formula sales -- Women and work -- Appendixes Summary Examines the issues around breastfeeding and the infant formula industry in both industrial and underdeveloped countries Analysis Breast feeding Breast feeding Breast feeding Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index Subject Breastfeeding -- Health aspects. Breastfeeding -- Social aspects. Breast milk. Infant formulas. Breast Feeding. Infant Food. Milk, Human. Author Michels, Dia L., author LC no. 95014975 ISBN 031336060X 0897894073 0897894081 9780313360602 9780897894074 9780897894081

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