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Jim Downs

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Jim Downs is an American historian. He is the Gilder Lehrman-National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Civil War Studies and History at Gettysburg College.[1]

Books

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  • Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine (2021)[2]
  • Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation (2016)[3][4][5][6][7]
  • Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction (2012)[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Jim Downs - Organization of American Historians". April 24, 2023.
  2. ^ Dorner, Zachary (August 29, 2022). "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine by Jim Downs (review)". Journal of the Early Republic. 42 (2): 320–323. doi:10.1353/jer.2022.0044 – via Project MUSE.
  3. ^ Scott, Whitney (March 1, 2016). "Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation". Booklist. 112 (13): 33–34 – via go.gale.com.
  4. ^ "'Stand By Me' — The History Of Gay Liberation Isn't What You Think It Is". www.wbur.org.
  5. ^ Hollands, Joshua (July 29, 2017). "Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation. By Jim Downs. Basic Books. 2016. vii + 261pp. $27.99.: REVIEWS AND SHORT NOTICES". History. 102 (351): 541–543. doi:10.1111/1468-229X.12450 – via CrossRef.
  6. ^ "Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation, by Jim Downs". Times Higher Education (THE). May 19, 2016.
  7. ^ "'Stand By Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation,' by Jim Downs". Sfgate.com. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  8. ^ Long, Gretchen (August 29, 2014). "Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs (review)". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 88 (2): 392–393. doi:10.1353/bhm.2014.0044 – via Project MUSE.
  9. ^ "Jim Downs, Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering During the Civil War and Reconstruction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. 280. Cloth $29.95. Paper $21.95". The Journal of African American History. 100 (1).
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