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Florence Nightingale on society and politics, philosophy, science, education and literature / / Lynn McDonald, editor



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Autore: Nightingale Florence <1820-1910.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Florence Nightingale on society and politics, philosophy, science, education and literature / / Lynn McDonald, editor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont. : , : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , 2003
©2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 871 pages)
Disciplina: 361.92
Soggetto topico: Nurses - England
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901
Great Britain Civilization 19th century
Altri autori: McDonaldLynn <1940->  
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Dramatis Personae; List of Illustrations; Florence Nightingale: A Précis of the Collected Works; Introduction to Volume 5; Key to Editing; Society: Essays, Letters and Notes on Social Physics and Social Statistics; Politics: Essays, Notes and Letters; Philosophy, Science, Education and Literature; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Florence Nightingale on Society and Politics, Philosophy, Science, Education and Literature, Volume 5 in the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, is the main source of Nightingale's work on the methodology of social science and her views on social reform. Here we see how she took her ""call to service"" into practice: by first learning how the laws of God's world operate, one can then determine how to intervene for good. There is material on medical statistics, the census, pauperism and Poor Law reform, the need for income security measures and better housing, on crime, g
Titolo autorizzato: Florence Nightingale on society and politics, philosophy, science, education and literature  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-92579-5
9786610925797
0-88920-707-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783632303321
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