03957nam 2200673 450 991080833230332120230207215231.01-4214-0238-6(CKB)3240000000068922(MH)011409668-6(SSID)ssj0000607306(PQKBManifestationID)11388251(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607306(PQKBWorkID)10584562(PQKB)11099902(MiAaPQ)EBC4398418(OCoLC)606056281(MdBmJHUP)muse2825(Au-PeEL)EBL4398418(CaPaEBR)ebr11161135(EXLCZ)99324000000006892220070404d2008 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrIntensely human the health of the Black soldier in the American Civil War /Margaret HumphreysBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2008.1 online resource (xx, 197 p. )ill., map ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8696-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-190) and index.The Black body at war -- The pride of true manhood -- Biology and destiny -- Medical care -- Region, disease, and the vulnerable recruit -- Louisiana -- Death on the Rio Grande -- Telling the story.Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers. Historian Margaret Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time. In doing so, she uncovers the perspectives of mid-nineteenth-century physicians and others who were eager to implicate the so-called innate inferiority of the black body. In the archival collections of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Humphreys found evidence that the high death rate among black soldiers resulted from malnourishment, inadequate shelter and clothing, inferior medical attention, and assignments to hazardous environments. While some observant physicians of the day attributed the black soldiers' high mortality rate to these circumstances, few medical professionals--on either side of the conflict--were prepared to challenge the "biological evidence" of white superiority. Humphreys shows how, despite sympathetic and responsible physicians' efforts to expose the truth, the stereotype of black biological inferiority prevailed during the war and after.African American soldiersHealth and hygieneHistory19th centuryAfrican American soldiersMortalityHistory19th centuryMasculinityUnited StatesHistory19th centuryHuman bodySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryRacismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, African AmericanUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Health aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsUnited StatesRace relationsHistory19th centuryAfrican American soldiersHealth and hygieneHistoryAfrican American soldiersMortalityHistoryMasculinityHistoryHuman bodySocial aspectsHistoryRacismHistory973.7/0896073Humphreys Margaret1955-1654317MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808332303321Intensely human4006062UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress