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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Jessica, author.

Contributor:

Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps.

History.

Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

Medical care.

Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps--History--World War, 1914-1918.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.

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. Structured 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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0198824165

9780198824169

OCLC:

1037806444

Publisher Number:

99980820218