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- Nurse Writers of the Great War
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- 2016
- Published by: Manchester University Press
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The First World War was the first ‘total war’. Its industrial weaponry damaged millions of men and drove whole armies underground into dangerously unhealthy trenches. Many were killed. Many more suffered terrible, life-threatening injuries: wound infections such as gas gangrene and tetanus, exposure to extremes of temperature, emotional trauma and systemic disease. In an effort to alleviate this suffering, tens of thousands of women volunteered to serve as nurses. Of these, some were experienced professionals, while others had undergone only minimal training. But regardless of their preparation, they would all gain a unique understanding of the conditions of industrial warfare. Until recently their contributions, both to the saving of lives and to our understanding of warfare, have remained largely hidden from view. By combining biographical research with textual analysis, Nurse writers of the great war opens a window onto their insights into the nature of nursing and the impact of warfare.
Table of Contents
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- List of figures
- p. ix
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xiii-xvi
- List of abbreviations
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-26
- Part I. Independent ladies
- pp. 27-28
- 1. Heroines in Belgium and Serbia
- pp. 29-47
- 2. Le petit paradis des blessés
- pp. 48-75
- 3. The hell at the heart of paradise
- pp. 76-96
- Part II. Professional women
- pp. 97-98
- 5. American nurses in Europe
- pp. 124-142
- 6. The war nurse as free agent
- pp. 143-171
- Part III. Volunteer girls
- pp. 172-174
- 7. American young women at war
- pp. 175-186
- 8. The British ‘VAD’
- pp. 187-210
- Conclusion
- pp. 229-245
- Bibliography
- pp. 246-270
Additional Information
ISBN
9781784996949
MARC Record
OCLC
981900188
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-09
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND