Malta (Paperback)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Alpha Editions, Delhi, 2020

9354215963 / 9789354215964

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Paperback. A luminous, unvarnished witness to care amid conflict. Care became Malta's quiet defence. In Malta: The Nurse Of The Mediterranean, Albert G. Mackinnon offers a military nursing memoir that is at once practical, reflective and literary. The Mediterranean wartime account concentrates on the small, essential labours of nursing - practical tasks, steady attention and quiet courage; it frames those duties within wider currents of early twentieth century Europe and the particular pressures of Malta in wartime. Readers attracted to World War I history will prize the eyewitness tone; aficionados of Mediterranean islands history or British Empire nonfiction will value the account's grounding in place and institution. The prose favours clarity over rhetoric, delivering scenes that feel immediate without a need for dramatic flourish. As a humane record of humanitarian medical service, the work complements British Red Cross stories and other contemporaneous sources, making it both a moving bedside narrative and a useful reference for those tracing the social history of medicine. Historically, Mackinnon's testimony builds a bridge from the Florence Nightingale era to the wartime improvisations that defined medical work on island stations. It is a primary account for students, an accessible read for casual history fans and a fine addition to any history enthusiasts collection; it also functions as an academic research resource for scholars investigating military nursing memoirs, hospital organisation and civic relief in the British Empire. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. It rewards repeated reading: historians find material for citation, while general readers encounter the emotional contours of caregiving in a world transformed by conflict. Students of nursing and humanitarian practice will find firsthand material to illuminate seminars and essays. Useful in modules on military nursing, social history and the history of medicine, the volume remains a rare, direct voice from the field. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Malta (Paperback)
Autore
Albert G. MacKinnon
Editore
Alpha Editions, Delhi
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
9354215963
ISBN 13
9789354215964

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