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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552782903321

Autore

Wall Barbra Mann

Titolo

Unlikely Entrepreneurs : Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, 1865-1925 / / Barbra Mann Wall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-8142-7294-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 267 p. :) : ill. ;

Disciplina

362.11/068

Soggetti

Hospitals, Religious - economics - United States

History, 20th Century - United States

History, 19th Century - United States

Hospitals, Religious - history - United States

Pastoral medicine - Catholic Church - History - 20th century

Pastoral medicine - Catholic Church - History - 19th century

Monasticism and religious orders for women - United States - History - 20th century

Monasticism and religious orders for women - United States - History - 19th century

Catholic hospitals - United States - Administration - History - 20th century

Catholic hospitals - United States - Administration - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace: the genesis -- "All the advantages of a religious life": religion, gender, and new public roles --  "Not the traditional institution": Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace, 1854-1880 -- "An institution for the community and not narrowly sectarian": Catholic hospitals, 1880-1925 -- "Debts are our only wealth": financing and marketing Catholic hospitals -- Religion, gender, and autonomy in Catholic hospitals -- "Our heels are praying very hard all day": nursing in Catholic hospitals -- Power sharing: business negotiations in Catholic hospitals -- Addressing the times:



nuns and the standardization movement.