Sick from freedom : African-American illness and suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction

Jim Downs.
Author/Creator:
Downs, Jim, 1973-
Resource Type:
Book
Publication:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Copyright Notice:
2012
Physical Description:
xiv, 264 pages ; 25 cm

Availability

Charles Library - Stacks (4th floor)

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RA448.5.N4 D69 2012

Blockson Collection - Reading Room

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RA448.5.N4 D69 2012

Details

Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Dying to Be Free: The Unexpected Medical Crises of War and Emancipation -- The Anatomy of Emancipation: The Creation of a Healthy Labor Force -- Freedmen's Hospitals: The Medical Division of the Freedmen's Bureau -- Reconstructing an Epidemic: Smallpox among Former Slaves, 1862-1868 -- The Healing Power of Labor: Dependent, Disabled, Orphaned, Elderly, and Female Freed Slaves in the Postwar South -- Narrating Illness: Freedpeople's Health Claims at Reconstructions End.
Subject:
ISBN:
  • 9780199758722
  • 0199758727
LC Classification:
RA448.5.N4 D69 2012
Catalog Record ID:
991029174009703811
Language:
English

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