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Online-Ressource (XV, 393, [8] S.)
ISBN:
1280753765
,
9781280753763
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9780191514838
Inhalt:
A detailed biographical study of the members of the army medical service during the Revolution and Napoleonic wars that charts their background and life both in and outside the army. It demonstrates how a group of medical practitioners from relatively humble backgrounds could use social contacts and experience forged in the army to become an established part of the educated British imperial elite. - ;Providing the first ever statistical study of a professional cohort in the era of the industrial revolution, this prosopographical study of some 450 surgeons who joined the army medical service du
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-376) and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The French Wars, Industrialization, and the Professions; 1 The Army Medical Service; 2 Background; 3 Education; 4 Army Careers; 5 Professional Life outside the Service; 6 Fortunes and Families; 7 Enquiring Minds; 8 Reflection; Appendix 1 Description of Database; Appendix 2 List of doctors in the sample; Manuscript Sources; Bibliography; Index;
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1280753676
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780199267064
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Advancing with the army Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2006 ISBN 9780199267064
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0199267065
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
,
Medizin
Schlagwort(e):
Großbritannien
;
Berufslaufbahn
;
Chirurg
;
Geschichte 1790-1850
;
Großbritannien
;
Arzt
;
Sanitätsdienst
;
Soziale Mobilität
;
Geschichte 1790-1850
;
Großbritannien
;
Militärmedizin
;
Arzt
;
Soziale Mobilität
;
Napoleonische Kriege
;
Geschichte 1790-1850
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Electronic books
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Biografie
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