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Quintessentially Modern Heroes: Surgeons, Explorers and Empire, c.1840-1914

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Quintessentially Modern Heroes: Surgeons, Explorers and Empire, c.1840-1914. / Lawrence, Chris; Brown, Michael.
In: Journal of Social History, Vol. 50, No. 1, 30.09.2016, p. 148-178.

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Lawrence, C & Brown, M 2016, 'Quintessentially Modern Heroes: Surgeons, Explorers and Empire, c.1840-1914', Journal of Social History, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 148-178. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsh/shw014

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Lawrence, C., & Brown, M. (2016). Quintessentially Modern Heroes: Surgeons, Explorers and Empire, c.1840-1914. Journal of Social History, 50(1), 148-178. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsh/shw014

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Lawrence C, Brown M. Quintessentially Modern Heroes: Surgeons, Explorers and Empire, c.1840-1914. Journal of Social History. 2016 Sept 30;50(1):148-178. doi: 10.1093/jsh/shw014

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Lawrence, Chris ; Brown, Michael. / Quintessentially Modern Heroes : Surgeons, Explorers and Empire, c.1840-1914. In: Journal of Social History. 2016 ; Vol. 50, No. 1. pp. 148-178.

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