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

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

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 343 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
data file
Bibliography 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.
Note Print version record.
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.
Language English.
Subject Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
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.
Medicine -- History -- 18th century.
Parasitic Diseases -- history
Parasitic Diseases -- epidemiology
Socioeconomic Factors
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
United States
Maladies parasitaires -- Histoire.
Maladies parasitaires -- Aspect social.
Maladies parasitaires -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Microbiologie -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
États-Unis -- Conditions économiques.
Médecine -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
Medicine
Economic history
Evolution (Biology)
Microbiology
Parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases -- Social aspects
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Komplexe Gesellschaft
Parasitäre Krankheit
Epidemie
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
Bevölkerungsstruktur
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Wirtschaftswachstum
Sjukdomar -- sociala aspekter -- Förenta staterna.
Ekonomisk utveckling -- historia.
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Indexed Term BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
ECONOMICS/Trade & Development
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History
Added Author Coelho, Philip R. P., author.
Other Form: Print version: McGuire, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1948- Parasites, pathogens, and progress. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262015660 (DLC) 2010046703 (OCoLC)678924617
ISBN 9780262298391 (electronic bk.)
0262298392 (electronic bk.)
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9781283302760
0262297493
9780262297493
9786613302762
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9780262015660
0262015668
Standard No. AU@ 000053288258
DEBBG BV042965419
DEBBG BV044105617
DEBSZ 423775553
NZ1 14972868
AU@ 000072982840

 
    
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