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
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
Analysis
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
ECONOMICS/Trade & Development
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
English
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SUBJECT
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
