History of the peace : being a history of England from 1816 to 1854 : with an introduction 1800 to 1815

Author(s)

• Martineau, Harriet
• Logan, Deborah Anna

Bibliographic Information

History of the peace : being a history of England from 1816 to 1854 : with an introduction 1800 to 1815

edited by Deborah Anna Logan

（The Pickering masters, . Harriet Martineau's writing on British history and military reform ; v. 1-5）

Pickering & Chatto, 2005

• 1790-1815
• 1815-1826
• 1826-1834
• 1834-1841
• 1841-1854

Other Title

Martineau on British history

Note

Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. xxxiii-lviii)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This edition of Martineau's history consists primarily of the History of the Peace: Being a History of England from 1816 to 1854, as well as the introductory History of England , AD 1800 to 1815. MartineauaEURO (TM)s work thus encompasses British history from the turn of the nineteenth century through the Crimean War. Along with extensive annotations, this edition features a comprehensive introduction discussing Martineau's life and work, her role as a historian, her pioneering contributions to the emerging discipline of historiography as well as the workaEURO (TM)s reception history.

Table of Contents

• Volumes 1-5 History of the Peace: Being a History of England from 1816 to 1854. With an introduction 1800 to 1815 (1864) Volume 1 begins with the year 1790 telling the story of the aftermath of the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars. Volumes 2-5, cover a period known as the thirty years' peace which became, unofficially, the forty years' peace. This was a fascinating period which saw, amongst other things, the impact of industrialism on society, the 1832 Reform Bill, the rise and fall of Chartism and the famine years in Ireland . Volume 6 England and her Soldiers (1859)
• Daily News leaders on sanitary reform in the armed forces: 'Army Hygiene' (14 January 1859 and 18 January 1859)
• 'Royal Commission on the Sanitary Condition of the Army' (26 January 1859)
• 'Reconstitution of the Army Medical Department' ( 11 February 1859 )
• 'An appeal to the Minister of War: Why the Delay?'(16 February 1859)
• 'Sanitary reform for preventable epidemic disease as a matter of national security' (5 March 1859)
• 'Sidney Herbert and barrack reform' (27 June 1859)
• 'Overview of sanitary reform in the military in Review of the Year' (31 December 1859)
• 'Health in the Camps', 'Health in the Hospitals', Atlantic Monthly (1861)
• Previously unpublished correspondence between Martineau and Florence Nightingale addressing health, illness, mortality, preventable disease, and nationalism
• Selections from Once a Week: 'Florence Nightingale's Latest Charity' (15 August 1863)
• 'The Training of Nurses' (30 June 1860)
• '3 Woman's Battlefield' (3 December 1859)
• 'The Soldier and Sailor: Their Health' (5 January 1861)
• 'Nurses Wanted', Cornhill Magazine (1865)
• 'Miss Nightingale's Notes on Nursing', Quarterly Review (1860).

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Details

• NCID: BA72144600
• ISBN:
  • 1851967974
  • 1851967974
  • 1851967974
  • 1851967974
  • 1851967974
• LCCN: 2005004904
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 5 v.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DA535
  • DC22 : 942.081
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History, Military -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00510725