The editors have brought together eleven authors for an analysis of colonial and post-colonial nursing that spans nearly a century, and touches on Europe, Australia, the Caribbean and Africa Editor(s): Sweet, Helen; Hawkins, Sue. Series Editor(s): Hallett, Christine; Schultz, Jane E. Series: Nursing History and Humanities. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSJ; JFSL; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452. . 2015. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Colonial Caring: A History of Colonial and Post-Colonial Nursing (Nursing History and Humanities)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0719099706
ISBN 13: 9780719099700
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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From the height of colonialism in the mid-nineteenth century, through to the aftermath of the Second World War, nurses have been at the heart of colonial projects. They were ideally placed to insinuate the ‘improving’ culture of their employers into the local communities they served, and travelled in droves to far-flung parts of the globe to serve their country. Issues of gender, class and race permeate this book, as the complex relationships between nurses, their medical colleagues, governments and the populations they nursed are examined in detail, using case studies which draw on exciting new sources. Many of the chapters are based on first-hand accounts of nurses and reveal that not all were motivated by patriotic vigour or altruism, but went out in search of adventure. The book will be an essential read for colonial historians, as well as historians of gender and ethnicity.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

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Helen Sweet is a Research Associate at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford

Sue Hawkins is a Senior Lecturer in History at Kingston University London

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