Intensely Human

This “informative” look at the causes of high mortality rates among black Civil War soldiers “gives readers some insight into current health disparities” ( JAMA ). Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers. In  Intensely Human , historian Margaret Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time. In doing so, she uncovers the perspectives of mid-nineteenth-century physicians and others