Raising baby by the book
Subtitle: the education of American mothers
By: Julia Grant.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng; wel
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Mothers -- United States.; Motherhood -- United States.; Child rearing -- United States.; Parenting -- United States.
Description: In this study of the education of American mothers, Julia Grant shows how the tides of opinion about proper child care have shifted from the early 1800s, when maternal associations discussed biblical and secular theories of child rearing, through the 1950s, when books like Spock's Baby and Child Care were widely consulted, to today's era of television advice-givers.

As mothers have increasingly sought assistance in the complex enterprise of raising children, Grant finds, they have become discriminating consumers of professional advice - choosing to follow it, ignore it, or adapt it to their individual circumstances.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-304) and index.