Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. Migration and the City 15
2. Professionalization in the City 64
3. Work in the City 85
4. Culture in the City 108
5. Birthing in the City: Columbus Hill 138
6. Health in Columbus Hill 162
7. Birthing in the City: The Mulberry District 188
8. Health in the Mulberry District 218
Notes 245
Bibliography 291
Index 315
About the Author 329