Nursing History Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Nursing and Women’s Labour in the Nineteenth Century

   The Quest for Independence

   By Sue Hawkins

   This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation. Nineteenth century nursing history has, until now, concentrated almost exclusively on nurse leaders, on the development of nursing as a profession and the...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Development of the Japanese Nursing Profession

   Adopting and Adapting Western Influences

   By Aya Takahashi

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   In the years after 1868, when Japan's long period of self-imposed isolation ended, in nursing, as in every other aspect of life, the Japanese looked to the west. This book tells the story of 'Florence Nightingale-ism' in Japan, showing how Japanese nursing developed from 1868 to the present. It...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge