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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. - ;Providing the first ever statistical study of a professional cohort in the era of the industrial revolution, this prosopographical study of some 450 surgeons who joined the army medical service du
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monografia Rebiun22463451 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun22463451 m o d cr zn||||||||| 060918s2006 enka ob 001 0deng d 2006030801 171290903 437092108 455972090 476239638 646790554 755658352 814510017 824558655 961629952 962692890 968283060 988405547 992091510 994690408 1035660957 1037910715 1038633769 1044188024 1044593941 1045496846 1055316490 1056337444 1056393420 1059116578 1059556434 1060767507 1081191256 9780191514838 electronic bk.) 0191514837 electronic bk.) 1280753765 9781280753763 9786610753765 6610753768 0199267065 Cloth) 9780199267064 alk. paper) MT4IT eng pn MT4IT OCLCQ N$T YDXCP E7B GPM OCLCQ QE2 IDEBK CN5CF OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCQ NLGGC EBLCP MERUC OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ OCL OCLCQ AZK LOA OCLCO COCUF TOA OCLCO AGLDB MOR PIFAG ZCU OCLCO OTZ OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCA U3W OCLCA STF WRM VNS OCLCQ VTS CEF NRAMU ICG REC VT2 OCLCQ LHU FVL OCLCO OCLCA WYU UWO YOU TKN DKC OCLCO OCLCQ e-uk--- MED 022090 bisacsh HEA 039040 bisacsh HBXD bicssc Advancing with the army medicine, the professions, and social mobility in the British Isles, 1790-1850 Marcus Ackroyd [and others] Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2006 Oxford New York Oxford New York Oxford University Press 1 online resource (xv, 393 pages) illustrations 1 online resource (xv, 393 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-376) and index 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 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. - ;Providing the first ever statistical study of a professional cohort in the era of the industrial revolution, this prosopographical study of some 450 surgeons who joined the army medical service du Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) Medicine, Military- Great Britain- History- 19th century Social mobility- Great Britain- History- 19th century Physicians- Great Britain- Biography Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815- Medical care- Great Britain MEDICAL- Infectious Diseases. HEALTH & FITNESS- Diseases- Contagious. Medical care. Medicine, Military. Physicians. Social mobility. Physicians- history History, 19th Century Military Medicine- history Social Mobility- history Gran Bretaña- History, Military- 1789-1820 Gran Bretaña United Kingdom Electronic books Biography. History. Military history. Biography Ackroyd, Marcus Print version Advancing with the army. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006030801