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Necropolis : disease, power, and capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom / Kathryn Olivarius.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olivarius, Kathryn Meyer McAllister, 1989- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race discrimination--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Race discrimination.
- Yellow fever--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Yellow fever.
- Immunity--Social aspects--History--19th century.
- Immunity.
- Enslaved persons--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- Social stratification--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Social stratification.
- New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Immunity--Social aspects.
- Race relations.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "In antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were less equal. Kathryn Olivarius explores the resulting framework of "immunocapital." For whites, immunity signaled creditworthiness. For enslaved Blacks, immunity enhanced their exploitability, relegating them to the harshest labor"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Patriotic Fever
- 2. Danse Macabre
- 3. Immunocapital
- 4. Public Health, Private Acclimation
- 5. Denial, Delusion, and Disunion
- 6. Incumbent Arrogance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780674241053
- 0674241053
- 9780674276086
- 0674276086
- OCLC:
- 1266215912
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