Medicine, Science, and Making Race in Civil War America
This social and cultural history of Civil War medicine and science sheds important light on the question of why and how anti-Black racism survived the destruction of slavery. During the war, white Northerners promoted ideas about Black inferiority under the guise of medical and scientific authority....
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| description | This social and cultural history of Civil War medicine and science sheds important light on the question of why and how anti-Black racism survived the destruction of slavery. During the war, white Northerners promoted ideas about Black inferiority under the guise of medical and scientific authority. In particular, the Sanitary Commission and Army medical personnel conducted wartime research aimed at proving Black medical and biological inferiority. They not only subjected Black soldiers and refugees from slavery to substandard health care but also scrutinized them as objects of study. This mistreatment of Black soldiers and civilians extended after life to include dissection, dismemberment, and disposal of the Black war dead in unmarked or mass graves and medical waste pits. Simultaneously, white medical and scientific investigators enhanced their professional standing by establishing their authority on the science of racial difference and hierarchy. Drawing on archives of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, recollections of Civil War soldiers and medical workers, and testimonies from Black Americans, Leslie A. Schwalm exposes the racist ideas and practices that shaped wartime medicine and science. Painstakingly researched and accessibly written, this book helps readers understand the persistence of anti-Black racism and health disparities during and after the war. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1215532025-03-20T15:37:03Z Medicine, Science, and Making Race in Civil War America Schwalm, Leslie A. Civil War Civil War medicine United States Sanitary Commission race and medicine military racism military medicine medical experimentation scientific racism anthropometry Black soldiers enslaved people refugees from slavery white physicians autopsies dissection Black women white women burial hospital workers hospitals northern racism Black medical practitioners contraband disease burial grounds human remains white philanthropy segregation racial inequalities racial injustice knowledge production This social and cultural history of Civil War medicine and science sheds important light on the question of why and how anti-Black racism survived the destruction of slavery. During the war, white Northerners promoted ideas about Black inferiority under the guise of medical and scientific authority. In particular, the Sanitary Commission and Army medical personnel conducted wartime research aimed at proving Black medical and biological inferiority. They not only subjected Black soldiers and refugees from slavery to substandard health care but also scrutinized them as objects of study. This mistreatment of Black soldiers and civilians extended after life to include dissection, dismemberment, and disposal of the Black war dead in unmarked or mass graves and medical waste pits. Simultaneously, white medical and scientific investigators enhanced their professional standing by establishing their authority on the science of racial difference and hierarchy. Drawing on archives of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, recollections of Civil War soldiers and medical workers, and testimonies from Black Americans, Leslie A. Schwalm exposes the racist ideas and practices that shaped wartime medicine and science. Painstakingly researched and accessibly written, this book helps readers understand the persistence of anti-Black racism and health disparities during and after the war. 2023-11-16T11:25:56Z 2023-11-16T11:25:56Z 2023-10-19T07:43:49Z 2023 book ONIX_20231019_9798890862969_13 OCN: 1370495075 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76874 9798890862969 9781469672694 9781469672717 9781469672687 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121553 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76874/1/9798890862969.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76874/1/9798890862969.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76874/1/9798890862969.pdf The University of North Carolina Press The University of North Carolina Press 10.5149/9781469672717_Schwalm 10.5149/9781469672717_Schwalm f46e5319-8d09-4c63-b9f2-a13480694ab4 National Endowment for the Humanities 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 9798890862969 9781469672694 9781469672717 9781469672687 The University of North Carolina Press 232 Chapel Hill [...] open access |
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