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A cultural history of the nurse's uniform
- Title
- A cultural history of the nurse's uniform / Christina Bates.
- Author
- Bates, Christina.
- Publication
- Gatineau, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, [2012], ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | RT31 .B38 2012g | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Canadian Museum of Civilization.
- Description
- vii, 270 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Subjects
- Nurses > Canada > Uniforms > Pictorial works
- Infirmières > Uniformes > Aspect social > Histoire
- Infirmières > Canada > Uniformes > Histoire
- Soins infirmiers > Aspect social > Canada > Histoire
- Nurses > Uniforms > Social aspects > History
- North America
- History of Nursing
- Nurses > Canada > Uniforms > History
- Nursing > Social aspects > Canada > History
- Infirmières > Canada > Uniformes > Ouvrages illustrés
- Note
- Issued also in French under title: Une histoire culturelle de l'uniforme infirmier.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and an index.
- Contents
- "Uniforms ask to be taken seriously" -- "Pretty pink dresses": creating nursing identity, 1870-1909 -- "Trained mind in a trained body": the standardization of the uniform, 1900-1920 -- "Short-lived rebellions": conservatism and resistance, 1920-1940 -- "Hard-working cogs in a machine": maintaining discipline (1940-1965) and removing barriers (1950-1975) -- "Snappy trouser suits": adapting to modern life, 1965-1976 -- "The professional nurse : with or without a uniform": 1970 to present -- Breast shields and beacons -- Capping, pinning, ripping, burning : the sartorial rituals of nursing -- "Stand out as a beacon": uniforms for outside the hospital -- The biography of a uniform.
- ISBN
- 9780660201849
- 0660201844
- OCLC
- ocn771915829
- 771915829
- SCSB-5722122
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries