Advancing with the army : medicine, the professions, and social mobility in the British Isles, 1790-1850 / / Marcus Ackroyd, Laurence Brockliss, Michael Moss, Kate Retford, and John Stevenson [[electronic resource]]
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Ackroyd Marcus
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Advancing with the army : medicine, the professions, and social mobility in the British Isles, 1790-1850 / / Marcus Ackroyd, Laurence Brockliss, Michael Moss, Kate Retford, and John Stevenson [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xv, 393 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 616.9/8023094109034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicine, Military - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Social mobility - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Physicians - Great Britain | |
| Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Medical care - Great Britain | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain History, Military 1789-1820 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BrocklissLaurence |
| MossMichael | |
| RetfordKate <1974-> | |
| StevensonJohn | |
| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2007. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-376) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Providing a 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 during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, charts their background, education, military and civilian career, marriage, and wealth at death. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Advancing with the army |
| ISBN: | 1-383-04095-8 |
| 1-280-75376-5 | |
| 0-19-151483-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808441403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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