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Intensely human : the health of the Black soldier in the American Civil War /
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 a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.