Empty sleeves : amputation in the Civil War South /

"This will be the first book about the Civil War to examine the meaning of amputation, and of amputees, in the U.S. South. Brian Craig Miller provides medical history of the procedure, looks at men who rejected amputation, and examines how Southern men and women adjusted their ideas about honor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Brian Craig (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2015]
Colección:Uncivil wars.
Temas:
1800-1899
Amputees > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Amputation > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Surgery, Military > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Disabled veterans > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Masculinity > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Amputees > rehabilitation
Amputees > history
Amputation, Surgical > history
Military Medicine > history
Amputees > psychology
American Civil War
History, 19th Century
Personnes amputées > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Chirurgie militaire > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Invalides de guerre > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Masculinité > Aspect social > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > Military > Veterans.
Masculinity > Social aspects
Medical care
Social aspects
Social conditions
Surgery, Military
Veterans
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Confederate States of America > Social conditions.
Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States
Confederate States of America
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Anciens combattants.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Southern States
United States > Confederate States of America
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Empty sleeves in Civil War history and memory
  • The surgeons : gray anatomy
  • The patients : enduring the "fearfulest test" of manhood
  • The women : reconstructing Confederate manhood
  • The return : adjusting to dependency and disability
  • The state : the politics of paying damages
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Amputation statistics
  • Appendix B: Prosthetic limb programs
  • Appendix C: Pension programs.

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