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Doctoring Freedom: The Politics of African American Medical Care in Slavery and Emancipation (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Gretchen Long
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Paperback. Doctoring Freedom: The Politics of African American Medical Care in Slavery and Emancipation Series: The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JFSL3; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
For enslaved and newly freed African Americans, attaining freedom and citizenship without health for themselves and their families would have been an empty victory. Even before emancipation, African Americans recognized that control of their bodies was a critical battleground in their struggle for autonomy, and they devised strategies to retain at least some of that control. In Doctoring Freedom, Gretchen Long tells the stories of African Americans who fought for access to both medical care and medical education, showing the important relationship between medical practice and political identity.
Working closely with antebellum medical journals, planters' diaries, agricultural publications, ... Read more
For enslaved and newly freed African Americans, attaining freedom and citizenship without health for themselves and their families would have been an empty victory. Even before emancipation, African Americans recognized that control of their bodies was a critical battleground in their struggle for autonomy, and they devised strategies to retain at least some of that control. In Doctoring Freedom, Gretchen Long tells the stories of African Americans who fought for access to both medical care and medical education, showing the important relationship between medical practice and political identity.
Working closely with antebellum medical journals, planters' diaries, agricultural publications, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469628332
SKU
V9781469628332
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About Gretchen Long
Gretchen Long is associate professor of history at Williams College, USA.
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