Christine Hallett

Nurse Writers of the Great War (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784996321
• Artikelnr.: 57471578

Autorenporträt

Christine E. Hallett is a Professor of Nursing History at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Independent ladies 1. Heroines in Belgium and Serbia
2. Le petit paradis des blessés 3. The hell at the heart of paradise Part
II: Professional women 4. In France with the British Expeditionary Force 5.
American nurses in Europe 6. The war-nurse as free agent Part III:
Volunteer-girls 7. American young women at war 8. The British 'VAD' 9. Epic
romance on Western and Eastern Fronts Conclusion Index