Author: FITZWARRYNE (Major.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Sister of Mercy; Or, the Soldier's Victim
Author: FITZWARRYNE (Major.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A Gothic Bibliography
Author: Montague SummersPublisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Under the Maltese Cross, Antietam to Appomattox
Author: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 155th (1862-1865)Publisher:
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Russia's Sisters of Mercy and the Great War
Author: Laurie S. StoffPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700621253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
They are war stories, filled with danger and deprivation, excitement and opportunity, sorrow and trauma, scandal and controversy—and because they are the war stories of nurses, they remain largely untold. Laurie Stoff's pioneering work brings the wartime experiences of Russia's "Sisters of Mercy" out of the shadows to show how these nurses of the Great War, far from merely binding wounds, provided vital services that put them squarely in traditionally "masculine" territory, both literally and figuratively While Russian nursing shared many features of women's medical service in other nations, it was in some ways profoundly different. Like soldiers and doctors, the nurses, especially those at the frontlines, experienced extreme cold, constant fatigue, infectious diseases, deadly artillery fire, and aerial bombardment. They also assumed public leadership roles and were often in command of men. The nurses operated in a sphere traditionally considered exclusively masculine and challenged social conventions surrounding gender and war by engaging in activities considered inappropriate for women. Filled with compelling eyewitness accounts of women who stepped outside their assigned roles in Russian society, this book gives us our first clear view of what wartime service was like for these nurses in the Great War. We learn firsthand—from memoirs and diaries, contemporary periodicals and reminiscences—about these women's motivations, the nature and specifics of their work, the cultural stereotypes and conventions that shaped their experiences, and their interactions with the men they cared for and served with. Stoff also explores the cultural and social implications of the Sisters' service—in relation to the government, the military, and the church—both immediate and long-term. The first up-close and in-depth study of Russia's nurses in the Great War, Stoff’s work restores a critical chapter to the historical narrative of the war, and to the larger history of gender and culture in early twentieth-century Russia.
The Irish Americans
Author: Jay P. DolanPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608192407
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Jay Dolan of Notre Dame University is one of America's most acclaimed scholars of immigration and ethnic history. In THE IRISH AMERICANS, he caps his decades of writing and teaching with this magisterial history of the Irish experience in the United States. Although more than 30 million Americans claim Irish ancestry, no other general account of Irish American history has been published since the 1960s. Dolan draws on his own original research and much other recent scholarship to weave an insightful, colorful narrative. He follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine that brought millions of starving immigrants; the trials of ethnic prejudice and "No Irish Need Apply;" the rise of Irish political power and the heyday of Tammany politics; to the election of John F. Kennedy as president, a moment of triumph when an Irish American ascended to the highest office in the land. Dolan evokes the ghastly ships crowded with men and women fleeing the potato blight; the vibrant life of Catholic parishes in cities like New York and Chicago; the world of machine politics, where ward bosses often held court in the local saloon. Rich in colorful detail, balanced in judgment, and the most comprehensive work of its kind yet published, THE AMERICAN IRISH is a lasting achievement by a master historian that will become a must-have volume for any American with an interest in the Irish-American heritage.
The Russian Soldier-peasant
Author: Sofʹi︠a︡ Petrovna Urusova BellegardePublisher:
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Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Prologue
Author: Workman and Soldier
Author: James Francis CobbPublisher:
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Category : Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-1916
Author: pseud A. RussianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leningrad (R.S.F.S.R.)
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
A Companion to Women's Military History
Author: Barton HackerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004212175
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
This volume addresses the changing relationships between women and armed forces from antiquity to the present: eight chapters review the existing literature, an extended picture essay visually documents women’s military work, and eight chapters illustrate more restricted topics.