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Author: Tim Carter (Royalty Account)
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.514kg
ISBN: 9781843839521
ISBN 10: 1843839520
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 16 October 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[An] important study [and] a valuable addition to the literature. It is the product of thorough research and the material is handled carefully, critically and perceptively to explore the realities and perceptions of seamen's health and medical care ashore and afloat. It deserves a wide readership. SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE This powerful, authoritative and superbly researched work is highly readable and will be valued by anyone interested in the peopling of Australia and New Zealand. It contains a considerable amount of new material and Professor Carter is to be praised for meticulously excavating it. [B]eautifully presented. LE MARIN DU NORD/NORTHERN MARINER Well researched, with an impressive number of footnotes, Merchant Seamen's Health, 1860-1960 provides a comprehensive list of references for scholars who may wish to probe more deeply into the evidence given by the author. . . . [A] significant contribution to maritime history literature. SEA HISTORY MAGAZINE [This] well-researched, meticulously referenced and carefully written book . . . offers a welcome overview of a century of improvement in the health of the British merchant navy. . . . An invaluable work of reference. MARINER'S MIRROR An authoritative, readable and highly illuminating study, written with deep conviction and rooted in sound research. NAUTILUS INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH
(An) important study (and) a valuable addition to the literature. It is the product of thorough research and the material is handled carefully, critically and perceptively to explore the realities and perceptions of seamen's health and medical care ashore and afloat. It deserves a wide readership. SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE This powerful, authoritative and superbly researched work is highly readable and will be valued by anyone interested in the peopling of Australia and New Zealand. It contains a considerable amount of new material and Professor Carter is to be praised for meticulously excavating it. (B)eautifully presented. LE MARIN DU NORD/NORTHERN MARINER Well researched, with an impressive number of footnotes, Merchant Seamen's Health, 1860-1960 provides a comprehensive list of references for scholars who may wish to probe more deeply into the evidence given by the author. . . . (A) significant contribution to maritime history literature. SEA HISTORY MAGAZINE (This) well-researched, meticulously referenced and carefully written book . . . offers a welcome overview of a century of improvement in the health of the British merchant navy. . . . An invaluable work of reference. MARINER'S MIRROR An authoritative, readable and highly illuminating study, written with deep conviction and rooted in sound research. NAUTILUS INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH
An authoritative, readable and highly illuminating study, written with deep conviction and rooted in sound research. NAUTILUS INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH
Author Information
Tim Carter is a Baptist minister and an Associate Research Fellow at the London School of Theology. His other writings include Paul and the Power of Sin: Redefining 'Beyond the Pale' (2002). A New Testament scholar, he finds academic research spiritually renewing, as well as a stimulant to his pastoral ministry.
