| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf
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| Summary |
An Equal Burden' is the first scholarly study of the Army Medical Services in the First World War to focus on the roles and experiences of the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Though they were not professional medical caregivers, they were called upon to provide urgent medical care and, as non-combatants, were forbidden from carrying weapons. Their role in the war effort was quite unique and warranting of further study. 0Structured both chronologically and thematically, 'An Equal Burden' examines the work that RAMC rankers undertook and its importance to the running of the chain of medical evacuation. It additionally explores the gendered status of these men within the medical, military, and cultural hierarchies of a society engaged in total war. Through close readings of official documents, personal papers, and cultural representations, Meyer argues that the ranks of the RAMC formed a space in which non-commissioned servicemen, through their many roles, defined and redefined medical caregiving as men's work in wartime |
| Analysis |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
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First World War |
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masculinity |
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non-combatants |
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military medicine |
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care giving |
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gender history |
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cultural representation |
| Notes |
This edition previously issued in print: 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 6, 2019) |
| In |
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks). OAPEN |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Great Britain
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Medical care
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191862762 |
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0191862762 |
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