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Parasites, pathogens, and progress : diseases and economic development [E-Book]

By:

McGuire, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1948- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Coelho, Philip R. P [author.]

Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 343 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780262298391
0262298392
1283302764
9781283302760
0262297493
9780262297493
9786613302762
6613302767

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

2011 K-711
WC 695

Online resources:

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust OpenAthens account holders click here for access

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic book	Stenhouse Library		Link to resource	Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

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.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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