Advancing with the Army : Medicine, the Professions and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790-1850.
Title:
Advancing with the Army : Medicine, the Professions and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790-1850.
Author:
Ackroyd, Marcus.
ISBN:
9780191514838
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (419 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The French Wars, Industrialization, and the Professions -- 1 The Army Medical Service -- 2 Background -- 3 Education -- 4 Army Careers -- 5 Professional Life outside the Service -- 6 Fortunes and Families -- 7 Enquiring Minds -- 8 Reflection -- Appendix 1 Description of Database -- Appendix 2 List of doctors in the sample -- Manuscript Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
A detailed biographical study of the members of the army medical service during the Revolution and Napoleonic wars that charts their background and life both in and outside the army. It demonstrates how a group of medical practitioners from relatively humble backgrounds could use social contacts and experience forged in the army to become an established part of the educated British imperial elite.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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