LEADER 03990nam 2200685 450 001 9910463882803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4214-0238-6 035 $a(CKB)3240000000068922 035 $a(MH)011409668-6 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000607306 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11388251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607306 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10584562 035 $a(PQKB)11099902 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4398418 035 $a(OCoLC)606056281 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2825 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4398418 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11161135 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000068922 100 $a20070404d2008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntensely human $ethe health of the Black soldier in the American Civil War /$fMargaret Humphreys 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 197 p. )$cill., map ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8018-8696-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [161]-190) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aBlack 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. 606 $aAfrican American soldiers$xHealth and hygiene$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican American soldiers$xMortality$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMasculinity$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aRacism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, African American 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xHealth aspects 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xSocial aspects 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American soldiers$xHealth and hygiene$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American soldiers$xMortality$xHistory 615 0$aMasculinity$xHistory 615 0$aHuman body$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aRacism$xHistory 676 $a973.7/0896073 700 $aHumphreys$b Margaret$f1955-$0885312 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463882803321 996 $aIntensely human$92150425 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis 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