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Divided Sisterhood - by Shula Marks (Hardcover)
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- '... a complex history told with consummate clarity, compassion and poignancy'- A.M.Rafferty, Department of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham This book explores the establishment of nursing as a profession for white, English-speaking 'ladies' in the last third of the nineteenth century, the class and racial tensions that developed as first Afrikaner and then African, Indian and Coloured women were drawn into its ranks, and the way in which processes of professionalisation further divided nurses.
- Author(s): Shula Marks
- 306 Pages
- History, Asia
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'... a complex history told with consummate clarity, compassion and poignancy'- A.M.Rafferty, Department of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham This book explores the establishment of nursing as a profession for white, English-speaking 'ladies' in the last third of the nineteenth century, the class and racial tensions that developed as first Afrikaner and then African, Indian and Coloured women were drawn into its ranks, and the way in which processes of professionalisation further divided nurses. The book provides a powerful metaphor for South African society.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .75 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 306
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Asia
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: General
Format: Hardcover
Author: Shula Marks
Language: English
Street Date: September 27, 1994
TCIN: 1006481758
UPC: 9780333546192
Item Number (DPCI): 247-46-4152
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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