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

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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	973.70896 H886i 2008	---	Available

Description	xx, 197 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-190) and index.
Contents	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.
Subject	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.
	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 -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	Russell, Ira, 1815-1888.
	African Americans -- history -- United States.
	American Civil War -- United States.
	History, 19th Century -- United States.
	Human Body -- United States.
	Military Personnel -- history -- United States.
	Prejudice -- United States.
ISBN	9780801886966 (hbk. : alk. paper)
	0801886961 (hbk. : alk. paper)