{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-the-christina-bates-9780660201849","title":"A Cultural History of the Nurse's Uniform","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis first and only in-depth analysis of the attire worn by the largest workforce in the health care system explores the role of the nurse's uniform in creating nursing identity for over a hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction of the nurse's uniform in the late nineteenth century was part of a strategy to legitimize North America's first nursing schools. At first varied and experimental in design, by the early 20th century the uniform was drawing on elements of fashionable, scientific, military and ecclesiastical wear, and had standardized into a blue or pink dress worn with stiffly starched white cap, bib, and apron. This remarkable outfit lasted until the 1970s, when educational and societal changes brought about its demise, and practical scrubs became the most common nursing apparel. Seen through the lens of age, gender, class and race, this book shows how the uniform was an active participant in the changing culture of nursing work and thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated with images of actual garments and over 150 compelling period photographs, cartoons and drawings, the book explore the uniform within the contexts of hospital, community, nursing school, and residence. \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of the Nurse's Uniform\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to nurses, historians and scholars of dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Bates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0660201844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780660201849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canadian Museum of History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.46h x 8.49w x 0.74d","brand":"Christina Bates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46602694656255,"sku":"9780660201849","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6882bb7b-4192-43c0-bba2-04791da659f5.jpg?v=1739695006","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-the-christina-bates-9780660201849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}