Synopses & Reviews
Review
"The five authors of this volume must be congratulated for having produced a complex text in which multiple voices achieved such a readable, harmonious blending."--Susan C. Lawrence, American Historical Review
"Advnancing the Army makes a signal contribution to modern British social history at the same time that it provides its readers with an introduction to the technique of this methodology. Hopefully, other historians will take these lessons to heart."--Douglas M. Peers, Victorian Studies
Review
"Advnancing the Army makes a signal contribution to modern British social history at the same time that it provides its readers with an introduction to the technique of this methodology. Hopefully, other historians will take these lessons to heart."--Douglas M. Peers, Victorian Studies
Review
"The five authors of this volume must be congratulated for having produced a complex text in which multiple voices achieved such a readable, harmonious blending."--Susan C. Lawrence,
American Historical Review"Advnancing the Army makes a signal contribution to modern British social history at the same time that it provides its readers with an introduction to the technique of this methodology. Hopefully, other historians will take these lessons to heart."--Douglas M. Peers, Victorian Studies
About the Author
Dr Kathryn Retford - Author - Lecturer in History of Art, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr John Stevenson - Author - Reader in Modern History, Worcester College Oxford
Table of Contents
Introduction: The French Wars, Industrialisation and the Professions
1. Army medical service
2. Background
3. Medical Education
4. Army Careers
5. Professional Life Outside the Service
6. Fortunes and Families
7. Enquiring Minds
8. Reflection