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Intensely human : the health of the Black soldier in the American Civil War / / Margaret Humphreys



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Autore: Humphreys Margaret <1955-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Intensely human : the health of the Black soldier in the American Civil War / / Margaret Humphreys Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 197 p. ) : ill., map ;
Disciplina: 973.7/0896073
Soggetto topico: African American soldiers - Health and hygiene - History - 19th century
African American soldiers - Mortality - History - 19th century
Masculinity - United States - History - 19th century
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Racism - United States - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Health aspects
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects
United States Race relations History 19th century
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-190) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Intensely human  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4214-0238-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808332303321
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