Florence Nightingale: Reputation And Power
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A landmark work in revisionist biography, Florence Nightingale: Reputation and Power by F. B. Smith presents a critically rigorous reassessment of one of Victorian Britain's most celebrated figures. Rather than accepting the saintly myth of the Lady with the Lamp, Smith uncovers the political machinations, self-promotion, and institutional power that underpinned Nightingale's remarkable influence on 19th-century nursing and public health reform. Drawing on extensive archival research, the work argues that Nightingale's legendary reputation was as carefully constructed as it was genuinely earned, revealing a far more complex and calculating personality than popular history has acknowledged. Written with scholarly precision yet remaining accessible to general readers, this biography illuminates the intersection of gender, power, and public image in Victorian England, offering a compelling and at times provocative portrait of an iconic woman.
Florence Nightingale: Reputation And Power
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A landmark work in revisionist biography, Florence Nightingale: Reputation and Power by F. B. Smith presents a critically rigorous reassessment of one of Victorian Britain's most celebrated figures. Rather than accepting the saintly myth of the Lady with the Lamp, Smith uncovers the political machinations, self-promotion, and institutional power that underpinned Nightingale's remarkable influence on 19th-century nursing and public health reform. Drawing on extensive archival research, the work argues that Nightingale's legendary reputation was as carefully constructed as it was genuinely earned, revealing a far more complex and calculating personality than popular history has acknowledged. Written with scholarly precision yet remaining accessible to general readers, this biography illuminates the intersection of gender, power, and public image in Victorian England, offering a compelling and at times provocative portrait of an iconic woman.
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
A landmark work in revisionist biography, Florence Nightingale: Reputation and Power by F. B. Smith presents a critically rigorous reassessment of one of Victorian Britain's most celebrated figures. Rather than accepting the saintly myth of the Lady with the Lamp, Smith uncovers the political machinations, self-promotion, and institutional power that underpinned Nightingale's remarkable influence on 19th-century nursing and public health reform. Drawing on extensive archival research, the work argues that Nightingale's legendary reputation was as carefully constructed as it was genuinely earned, revealing a far more complex and calculating personality than popular history has acknowledged. Written with scholarly precision yet remaining accessible to general readers, this biography illuminates the intersection of gender, power, and public image in Victorian England, offering a compelling and at times provocative portrait of an iconic woman.
