Intensely human : the health of the Black soldier in the American Civil War / Margaret Humphreys.
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TextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421402383 (e-book)
- Russell, Ira, 1815-1888
- 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
- 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
- 973.7/0896073 22
- E540.N3 H86 2008
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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