An American health dilemma : a medical history of African Americans and the problem of race /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Byrd, W. Michael.
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, 2000-2002.
Description:	2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	African Americans -- Health and hygiene -- History. African Americans -- Medical care -- History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4342682

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Other authors / contributors:	Clayton, Linda A.
ISBN:	0415924499 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part I. The Background
Chapter One. Race, Biology, and Health Care in the United States: Reassessing a Relationship
Chapter Two. Black Health in the Pre-Colonial Period
Chapter Three. Black Health in the North American English Colonies, 1619 to 1731
Chapter Four. Black Health in the Republican Era, 1731-1812
Chapter Five. Black Health in the Jacksonian Period, 1812-1861
Chapter Six. The Civil War, Reconstruction, and Post-Reconstruction and Black Health, 1861-1900
Conclusion: Laying the Foundations of a Dual and Unequal Health System Notes
Selected Bibliography
Notes on Sources Index

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