Making a Place for Ourselves: The Black Hospital Movement, 1920-1945 Download

Making a Place for Ourselves: The Black Hospital Movement, 1920-1945

Review

"Masterful....A major work on African-American health history and an important work on the history of racial formation and racial politics in twentieth-century America."--Bulletin of the History of Medicine
"Effectively blending a general overview with studies of specific hospitals, Gamble conveys the strengths, weaknesses, and dilemmas of the black hospital movement. In the process she offers readers understanding of civil rights, the politics of race, medical education, and the divisions within the black community."--Choice
..".Gamble's focus on the role of race and racism in the specific context of the black hospital movement provides valuable insight into an aspect of American medical history not fully explored in the comprehensive work of her mentors."--The Alabama Review
"Gamble's work excels in outlining the interplay of forces within the African American community to secure access to a hospital that would serve their needs."--Wisconsin Magazine of History

Product Description

This book focuses on the attempts by various forces to maintain black hospitals - black physicians, community leaders, local and federal governments, and major health care organizations. It focuses on the period since 1920 in America and emphasizes the central importance of black hospitals in the lives of black physicians.

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