Water, race, and disease /

A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the effect of public water and sewer systems on African American life expectancy in the Jim Crow era. Why, at the peak of the Jim Crow era early in the twentieth century, did life expectancy for African Americans rise dramatically? And why, when public offi...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Troesken, Werner, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Series:NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
Subjects:
African Americans > Health and hygiene > History.
African Americans > Social conditions > History.
Waterborne infection > United States > Prevention > History.
Health and race > United States > History.
African Americans.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Sanitary Engineering > history
Black or African American
Communicable Diseases > ethnology
Water Pollution > adverse effects
Santé et race > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Santé et hygiène > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
Noirs américains.
Livres numériques.
African American.
e-books.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Electronic books
African Americans
African Americans > Health and hygiene
African Americans > Social conditions
Health and race
Waterborne infection > Prevention
United States
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
ECONOMICS/Economic History
ECONOMICS/Public Economics
History
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