Nursing History Books

New and Published Books

1. A History of Apprenticeship Nurse Training in Ireland

   By Gerard Fealy

   Based on new research using previously unpublished sources, this compelling text is an in-depth study of the history of nurse education in Ireland, presenting a new authoritative account of the history of the traditional system of training in Ireland. Introduced as part of the reforms of hospital...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Fever Hospitals and Fever Nurses

   A British Social History of Fever Nurses: A National Service

   By Margaret Currie

   This well researched book provides an interesting study of the development of fever hospitals and fever nursing, mainly in nineteenth and twentieth century Britain. It provides new insights into the development of nursing roles and nurse education and looks at the lives of key figures at that time....

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Nursing and Women’s Labour in the Nineteenth Century

   The Quest for Independence

   By Sue Hawkins

   This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation. Nineteenth century nursing history has, until now, concentrated almost exclusively on nurse leaders, on the development of nursing as a profession and the...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth

   Key Themes in Maternity Care

   By Tania McIntosh

   People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This book puts the history of maternity in England into its wider social context, highlighting areas of change and continuity, and charting the development...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
5. Community Nursing and Primary Healthcare in Twentieth-Century Britain

   By Helen M. Sweet, with Rona Dougall

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

   This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the twentieth century. It charts the most significant changes affecting the nurse’s work on the district...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
6. The Development of the Japanese Nursing Profession

   Adopting and Adapting Western Influences

   By Aya Takahashi

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   In the years after 1868, when Japan's long period of self-imposed isolation ended, in nursing, as in every other aspect of life, the Japanese looked to the west. This book tells the story of 'Florence Nightingale-ism' in Japan, showing how Japanese nursing developed from 1868 to the present. It...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Foundations of Modern Nursing in America (8 volumes)

   By Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Foundations of Modern Nursing in America

   The Foundations of Modern Nursing in America reprints a distinguished selection of important texts published in this field over the last century, authored by some of the most eminent names in nursing including Lavinia Dock (Secretary for the Council of Nurses for over 20 years), Adelaide...

   Published December 8th 2008 by Routledge
8. Nursing the Image

   Media, Culture and Professional Identity

   By Julia Hallam

   Ideas of 'nursing' and 'nurses' carry a powerful social charge. The image of the nurse continues to be a symbol of caring and of duty at the same time as it projects a view of femininity, 'stereotypical' in its gender relations.How has this image come to be constructed?An empirical investigation of...

   Published August 30th 2000 by Routledge
9. Nursing History and the Politics of Welfare

   Edited by Ann Marie Rafferty, Jane Robinson

   A quiet revolution has been sweeping through the writing of nursing history over the last decade, transforming it into a robust and reflective area of scholarship. Nursing History and the Politics of Welfare highlights the significant contribution that researching nursing history has to make in...

   Published December 11th 1996 by Routledge