Colonial caring a history of colonial and post-colonial nursing

The history of nursing presents a unique perspective from which to interrogate colonialism and post-colonialism, as nurses were often a key conduit between coloniser and colonised. Many colonising powers used nurses as a means of insinuating their own cultures into the lives of indigenous people, ye...

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Other Authors: Hawkins, Sue (Editor), Hawkins, Sue, 1956- editor (editor), Sweet, Helen M., editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2018.
Series:Nursing history and humanities.
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Summary:The history of nursing presents a unique perspective from which to interrogate colonialism and post-colonialism, as nurses were often a key conduit between coloniser and colonised. Many colonising powers used nurses as a means of insinuating their own cultures into the lives of indigenous people, yet despite the valuable insights such an approach reveals, colonial history has never before been approached from this particular direction. This book brings together a collection of essays from an international group of historians who examine the relationship between colonialism, nursing and nurses. Gender, class and race permeate the book, as the complex relationships between nurses, their medical colleagues, governments and the populations they nurse are examined in detail, using case studies which draw on exciting new sources.
Item Description:First published: 2015.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : illustrations, 1 map, portraits; digital, PDF file(s)
Also available in print form
Audience:Academics; historians in colonialism, bender, ehtnicity and nursing.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781784996345
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