Taking medicine : women's healing work and colonial contact in southern Alberta, 1880-1930
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- ISBN: 9780774818285
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Physical Description:
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xi, 235 p. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.
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General Note: | New March 2011. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Niitsitapi: the Northwestern plains -- Setting the stage: engendering the therapeutic culture of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Tsuu T'ina, and Nakoda -- Giving birth: women's health work and western settlement, 1850-1900 -- Converging therapeutic systems: encounters between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women, 1870s-90s -- Laying the foundation: the work of nurses, nursing sisters, and female attendants on reserves, 1890-1915 -- Taking over the system: graduate nurses, nursing sisters, female attendants, and Indian health services, 1915-30 -- The snake and the butterfly: midwifery and birth control, 1900s-30s. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | RA 450 A4 B87 2010 (Text) | 26040002950737 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |