Without Concealment, Without Compromise - The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons

"This collective biography illuminates how the lives and successes of fourteen African American physicians who became surgeons during the American Civil War challenged the prescribed notions of race in America and played a crucial role in the evolving definition of freedom and patriotism"--

About the author

Jill L. Newmark, independent historian, is a former curator and exhibition specialist at the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Her exhibits include "Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine," "Within These Walls: Contraband Hospital and the African Americans Who Served There," and "Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons." She has published articles in Prologue and Traces, as well as online in Circulating Now and blackpast.org. Find more about her work at www.blackcivilwarsurgeons.com.

Summary

This collective biography illuminates how the lives and successes of fourteen African American physicians who became surgeons during the American Civil War challenged the prescribed notions of race in America and played a crucial role in the evolving definition of freedom and patriotism.

Product details

• Authors: Newmark, Jill L Newmark, Jill L. Newmark
• Publisher: Southern illinois univ.press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9780809339044
• ISBN: 978-0-8093-3904-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Engaging the Civil War
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous