Equal Burden

The Men of the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-19-882416-9
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meyer, Jessica

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Illustrations

- List of Acronyms

- Introduction

- 1: Bandage Wallahs and St John's Men

- 2: Eye Tests and Stretcher Drill

- 3: Carrying, Cleaning, Caring

- 4: From No Man's Land to Auxiliary Hospital

- 5: From Slackers in Khaki to Knights of the Red Cross

- Conclusion

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Jessica Meyer is Associate Professor of Modern British History at the University of Leeds. A social and cultural historian, her research interests lie at the intersection of the histories of gender, conflict, and care. She also works on the history of popular culture, representation, and the memory of war. She is the author of Men of War: Masculinities and the First World War in Britain (2009). She is also co-editor, with Heather Ellis, of Masculinity and the Other: Historical Perspectives (2009), and editor of British Popular Culture and the First World War (2008).