Book contents
- Military Medicine and the Making of Race
- Military Medicine and the Making of Race
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Medical Necessity and the Founding of the West India Regiments
- 2 The Ideal Soldier
- 3 The Use and Abuse of the Black Soldier
- 4 Statistics and the Reinterpretation of Black Bodies
- 5 Dehumanising the Black Soldier
- 6 Damage Done: The Asante Campaigns
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2020
- Military Medicine and the Making of Race
- Military Medicine and the Making of Race
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Medical Necessity and the Founding of the West India Regiments
- 2 The Ideal Soldier
- 3 The Use and Abuse of the Black Soldier
- 4 Statistics and the Reinterpretation of Black Bodies
- 5 Dehumanising the Black Soldier
- 6 Damage Done: The Asante Campaigns
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Military Medicine and the Making of RaceLife and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795–1874, pp. viiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020