{"product_id":"model-mothers-lara-v-marks-9780198204541","title":"Model Mothers: Jewish Mothers and Maternity Provision in East London, 1870-1939","description":"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 the extent to which the stereotype of Jewish mothers reflected the reality of their experience in East London between 1870 and 1939. Not only did they have to cope with extreme poverty, but as newly arrived immigrants they had to deal with linguistic and cultural barriers and the unfamiliarity of local medical facilities. \u003cem\u003eModel Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e makes important contributions to our knowledge of maternal and infant care in this period and to our understanding of the interactions between ethnicity and health-care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lara V. Marks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019820454X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198204541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarendon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.20w x 1.04d","brand":"Lara V. Marks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47420209660159,"sku":"9780198204541","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1892efc4-b504-4152-8bad-9909962ba899.jpg?v=1761525887","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/model-mothers-lara-v-marks-9780198204541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}