TY - BOOK AU - McGuire,Robert A. AU - Coelho,Philip R.P. TI - Parasites, pathogens, and progress: diseases and economic development SN - 9780262298391 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Umschulungswerkst�atten f�ur Siedler und Auswanderer KW - Bitterfeld KW - gnd KW - Parasitic diseases KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Microbiology KW - Medicine KW - 18th century KW - Parasitic Diseases KW - history KW - epidemiology KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - History, 18th Century KW - History, 19th Century KW - Economic conditions KW - �Etats-Unis KW - Conditions �economiques KW - fast KW - BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General KW - ECONOMICS/Trade & Development N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : biology, diseases, and migration before the twentieth century -- Biology, diseases, and history : the big picture -- Diseases and long-run economic growth -- Colonists' choice of agricultural labor in early America -- Initial location of Africans and Europeans in early America -- Slavery and diseases in the antebellum American South -- Evidence on the spread of diseases in nineteenth-century America N2 - In this work, the authors combine biological and economic perspectives to suggest an innovative view of American history with implications for how we understand history as a whole UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?custid=ns123844&authtype=ip,shib&direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=399074 ER -