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Parasites, pathogens, and progress diseases and economic development

Title
Parasites, pathogens, and progress [electronic resource] : diseases and economic development / Robert A. McGuire, Philip R.P. Coelho.
Author
McGuire, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1948-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.

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Coelho, Philip R. P.
Description
1 online resource (viii, 343 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Parasites, pathogens, and progress (Online)
Alternative Title
Parasites, pathogens, and progress (Online)
Subject
  • Parasitic diseases > History
  • Parasitic diseases > Social aspects
  • Parasitic diseases > United States > History
  • Evolution (Biology) > United States > History
  • Microbiology > United States > History
  • United States > Economic conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-313) and index.
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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 -- The biology and disease lesson.
LCCN
2010046703
OCLC
ssj0000539884
Author
McGuire, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1948-
Title
Parasites, pathogens, and progress [electronic resource] : diseases and economic development / Robert A. McGuire, Philip R.P. Coelho.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-313) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Coelho, Philip R. P.
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