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Author Meyer, Jessica, author.

Title An equal burden : the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War / Jessica Meyer.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Series Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Note This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Audience Specialized.
Note Online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 6, 2019).
Local Note Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Open Access Books
Subject Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps. (OCoLC)fst00578769
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Great Britain.
Medical care. (OCoLC)fst01013753
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
Chronological Term 1914-1918
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version : 9780198824169 (OCoLC)1037806444
ISBN 9780191862762 (ebook)
0191862762
0198824165
9780198824169
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