Parasites, pathogens, and progress : diseases and economic development /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: McGuire, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1948- (Autor), Coelho, Philip R. P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1700-1799
Parasitic diseases > History.
Parasitic diseases > Social aspects.
Parasitic diseases > United States > History.
Evolution (Biology) > United States > History.
Microbiology > United States > History.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Parasitic Diseases > history
Parasitic Diseases > epidemiology
Socioeconomic Factors
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Maladies parasitaires > Histoire.
Maladies parasitaires > Aspect social.
Maladies parasitaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
Microbiologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
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
Komplexe Gesellschaft
Parasitäre Krankheit
Epidemie
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
Bevölkerungsstruktur
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Wirtschaftswachstum
Sjukdomar > sociala aspekter > Förenta staterna.
Ekonomisk utveckling > historia.
United States > Economic conditions.
United States
États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
ECONOMICS/Trade & Development
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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