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18 May 2017Good reference books on the history of alcohol remain few and far between, despite increased interest in the area in the last 20 years.
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1 Jan 2012Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska’s new history of the body, health and fitness in Britain is a wide-reaching and detailed study of relevant cultural practices and government policies between the Victorian period and the eve of the Second World War.
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1 Sep 2010Modern British nursing, based on formal training and skilled work, emerged within a tradition of religious sisterhoods (both Protestant and Catholic) and military reforms from the mid 18th century.