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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGuire, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1948-

Contributor:

Coelho, Philip R. P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasitic diseases--History.

Parasitic diseases.

Parasitic diseases--Social aspects.

Parasitic diseases--United States--History.

Evolution (Biology)--United States--History.

Evolution (Biology).

Microbiology--United States--History.

Microbiology.

United States--Economic conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Biology, Diseases, and Migrations before the Twentieth Century; 2 Biology, Diseases, and History: The Big Picture; 3 Diseases and Long-Run Economic Growth; 4 The Colonists' Choice of Agricultural Labor in Early America; 5 The Initial Location of Africans and Europeans in Early America; 6 Slavery and Diseases in the Antebellum American South; 7 Evidence on the Spread of Diseases in Nineteenth-Century America; 8 The Biology and Disease Lesson; Appendixes; Appendix A: Earnings Required to Amortize Investments in Slaves and Servants

Appendix B: Nineteenth-Century Transportation and Immigration DataAppendix C: US Census Mortality, 1850 to 1900; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-29749-3

1-283-30276-4

9786613302762

0-262-29839-2

OCLC:

758384872