In this Book
- Colonial caring: A history of colonial and post-colonial nursing
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Manchester University Press
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summary
From the height of colonialism in the mid-nineteenth century, through to the aftermath of the Second World War, nurses have been at the heart of colonial projects. They were ideally placed to insinuate the ‘improving’ culture of their employers into the local communities they served, and travelled in droves to far-flung parts of the globe to serve their country. Issues of gender, class and race permeate this book, as the complex relationships between nurses, their medical colleagues, governments and the populations they nursed are examined in detail, using case studies which draw on exciting new sources. Many of the chapters are based on first-hand accounts of nurses and reveal that not all were motivated by patriotic vigour or altruism, but went out in search of adventure. The book will be an essential read for colonial historians, as well as historians of gender and ethnicity.
Table of Contents
- List of figures
- p. vii
- List of contributors
- pp. viii-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Select bibliography
- pp. 237-242
Additional Information
ISBN
9781784996963
MARC Record
OCLC
980214780
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-02
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND
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