03119nam 2200625 a 450 991045214650332120200520144314.01-280-75376-50-19-151483-7(CKB)1000000000476638(EBL)415060(OCoLC)476239638(SSID)ssj0000099329(PQKBManifestationID)11114034(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099329(PQKBWorkID)10007163(PQKB)11465246(MiAaPQ)EBC415060(Au-PeEL)EBL415060(CaPaEBR)ebr10271565(CaONFJC)MIL75376(EXLCZ)99100000000047663820060918d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdvancing with the army[electronic resource] medicine, the professions, and social mobility in the British Isles, 1790-1850 /Marcus Ackroyd ... [et al.]Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (419 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-926706-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [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; IndexA 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 duMedicine, MilitaryGreat BritainHistory19th centurySocial mobilityGreat BritainHistory19th centuryPhysiciansGreat BritainBiographyNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Medical careGreat BritainGreat BritainHistory, Military1789-1820Electronic books.Medicine, MilitaryHistorySocial mobilityHistoryPhysiciansNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Medical care616.9/8023094109034Ackroyd Marcus978978MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452146503321Advancing with the army2231687UNINA