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post #1 of 9
7/25/08 at 9:21pm
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Hi all:

I'm writing a piece on the power of bfing to transform culture, and I need to get my history right.

I'd love to hear about these 2 books:

Milk, Money, and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding
Mother's Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture

I can only afford to buy 1 of them & my library does not carry either. Which would you recommend & why?

Other book recommendations are welcome.

Thanks!
post #2 of 9
7/26/08 at 10:37am
I haven't read either, but as a librarian I'm totally going to look into them. One book I really liked that talks about the bio-anthropology of baby rearing was "Our Babies, Ourselves" by Meredith Small...
post #3 of 9
7/26/08 at 11:14am
did you ask about getting an inter-library loan? libraries often have agreements with other libraries where they loan books to each other that customers want.
post #4 of 9
7/26/08 at 12:48pm
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They're not in the entire system, sadly

I'll check out Our Babies Ourselves--thanks!
post #5 of 9
7/26/08 at 2:20pm
Milk, Money and Madness is AMAZING and has tons of historical information. You cannot go wrong with it.

I have not read the other book.
post #6 of 9
7/30/08 at 4:27am
I agree that Milk, Money and Madness is great. I do think this title best fits with your topics.I haven't read the other, but it's perpetually on my wish list.

Our Babies, Ourselves is also great, I agree.

I'm also an avid reader, especially devouring breastfeeding books.
post #7 of 9
7/30/08 at 12:35pm
hi there!
i haven't read either of those, but Milk, Money & Madness got great reviews on amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Milk-Money-Mad...7431852&sr=1-1

good luck! i think i might stick both of those books on my wish list, too!!
post #8 of 9
8/1/08 at 4:04am
I read both of them, & found both to be interesting - it's been a while though, so I can't remember specifics. Have you checked w/your local LLL lending library, or w/any Bradley teachers in the area you could borrow from? I ended up donating the copies I had to a Bradley instructor.
post #9 of 9
8/1/08 at 8:24am
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I got it all worked out--I found 2 at the library & 1 I am hopefully borrowing from someone, or just sucking it up & buying it b/c I want to own it
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