Harriet Martineau\u27s Writing on British History and Military Reform, 6 Volumes

This edition of Martineau\u27s 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. Martineau\u27s 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\u27s life and work, her role as a historian, her pioneering contributions to the emerging discipline of historiography as well as the work\u27s reception history. Also included in this edition is Martineau\u27s England and Her Soldiers and the unpublished correspondence between Martineau and Florence Nightingale. Published in 1859, England and Her Soldiers records an unusual history - the history of military campaigns and policies effecting soldiers\u27 health, performance and well-being. A life-long advocate of sanitary reform, Martineau responded enthusiastically to Florence Nightingale\u27s request to collaborate on a work promoting reforms in military hygiene.In England and Her Soldiers, Martineau\u27s strong narrative dramatises Nightingale\u27s findings gleaned from the latter\u27s experiences at Scutari Hospital during the Crimean War. The proposed sanitary reforms addressed conditions in the barracks, hospitals and on the field. The edition is complemented by Martineau\u27s leaders on health issues for the Daily News, the Atlantic Monthly and Once a Week which were aimed at generating broader public interest in political and sanitary reforms in the British military, reforms that reflected on the state of the British Empire in the nineteenth century.https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/english_book/1030/thumbnail.jp