African nurses and everyday work in twentieth-century Zimbabwean hospitals : fighting illness

Covering the colonial and post-colonial periods, __African nurses and everyday work__ puts at the centre of historical enquiry the experiences of African nurses who laboured day and night in Zimbabwe’s hospitals, healing the sick and nursing the infirm. Front matter Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Map Introduction: African nurses in Zimbabwe’s hospitals The experiences of the pioneer generation of nurses, c. 1900–49 ‘Our kitchen days are over ... We can no longer continue the tradition of our predecessors’: Taking up nursing as a career option, c. 1950 to the 1960s The Africanisation of Rhodesia’s clinical spaces and an anatomy of everyday work in hospitals, 1960–70 Nursing a nation at war: Nurses’ experiences during the 1970s The trajectories of nursing in independent Zimbabwe, 1980–96 Conclusion: Nurses and nursing in twentieth-century Zimbabwe Appendix 1: Colonial and post-colonial names Appendix 2: Explanations and translations Bibliography Index Covering the colonial and post-colonial periods, African nurses and everyday work puts at the centre of historical enquiry the experiences of African nurses who laboured day and night in Zimbabwe's hospitals, healing the sick and nursing the infirm. -- .