Parasites, pathogens, and progress : diseases and economic development / Robert A. McGuire, Philip R.P. Coelho.

Author
McGuire, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1948- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011], ©2011.
Description
viii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780262015660 (alk. paper)
    • 0262015668 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2010046703
    OCLC
    678924617
    Other standard number
    • 40019983725
    RCP
    C - S
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