Format:
1 online resource (208 pages)
ISBN:
9781442260603
Series Statement:
The African American Experience Series
Content:
In Caring for Equality David McBride chronicles the struggle by African Americans and their white allies to improve poor black health conditions as well as inadequate medical care-caused by slavery, racism, and discrimination-since the arrival of African slaves in America.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Slavery and the Medical Roots -- 2 Battling for Life in the Civil War and Nadir Eras -- 3 The Black Medical World -- 4 Civil Rights, Health Rights -- 5 War on Poverty and the "Medical Ghetto" -- 6 Confronting the Black Health Crisis -- 7 The AIDS Era and the Time of Katrina -- Selected Bibliography -- Chronology -- Documents -- Notes -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442260597
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442260597
Language:
English
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