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By Charles R. King. 216 pp., illustrated. New York, Twayne, 1993. $26.95 (cloth); $14.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8057-4101-1 (cloth)

This slender book, with its all-encompassing title, is full of surprises. It is a scholarly work, carefully documenting the social, political, and economic forces that have shaped the dramatic changes in the care of children in the United States from colonial times to the present. The author, a historian as well as a faculty member in obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical College of Ohio, brings broad insights to bear on the plight of children. For example, it is reported that in 1633 20 settlers from the Mayflower and the colony's only doctor died of smallpox. In 1677, 20 percent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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