Nursing History Books

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1. 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...

   March 2010 | 978-0-415-55169-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. The Foundations of Modern Nursing in America (8 volumes)

   By Various

   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...

   2008 | 978-0-415-47821-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   A History of Apprenticeship Nurse Training in Ireland

   By Gerard M. 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   Based on new research using previously unpublished sources, this compelling text is an in-depth study of the history of nurse education in Ireland, presenting a new authoritative account of the history of the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...

   2005 | 978-0-415-35997-9 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   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....

   2004 | 978-0-415-35164-5 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   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...

   2000 | 978-0-415-18455-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. 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...

   1996 | 978-0-415-13836-9 | Paperback (Routledge)