Advancing with the Army
Medicine, the Professions and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790-1850
$305.99
- Hardcover
424 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2007
Summary
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 during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, charts the background, education, military and civilian career, marriage, sons’ occupations, wealth at death, and broader social and cultural interests of the members of the cohort. It reveals the role that could be played by thenascent professions in this …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199267064 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199267065 |
| Author: | Marcus Ackroyd, Laurence Brockliss, Michael Moss, Kate Retford, John Stevenson |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 424 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2007 |
| Weight: | 711g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 163mm x 30mm |
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Without question the most useful reference work on popular music - Jools Holland (of the previous edition)
incorporates the rich variety of individual lives, and these vessels float easily on the ever flowing tide of date. J. E. Cookson, Social History of Medicine Rich in illustration, clear in analysis and solid in conclusion… a testament to team-work, seamless prose, and historical modesty. Roger Cooter, English Historical Review
About The Author
Marcus Ackroyd
Dr Kate Retford - Author - Lecturer in History of Art, Birkbeck, University of LondonDr John Stevenson - Author - Reader in Modern History, Worcester College Oxford
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