Tapa dura, 444 páginas
Idioma English
Publicado el 7 de agosto de 1990 por Alfred A. Knopf.
A Midwife's Tale
The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
- ISBN:
- 978-0-394-56844-7
- Número OCLC:
- 519889524
- ASIN:
- 0394568443
- Goodreads:
- 1097881
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Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.
Temas
- Ballard, Martha, -- 1735-1812.
- Midwives -- Maine -- Hallowell -- Biography.
- Midwives -- Maine -- Augusta -- Biography.
- Hallowell (Me.) -- Biography.
- Augusta (Me.) -- Biography.
- Kennebec River Valley (Me.) -- Social life andcustoms.