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Author Troesken, Werner, 1963-

Title Water, race, and disease / Werner Troesken
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description xvii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Waterborne Diseases -- 3. Sewers: When, Where, and to What Effect -- 4. Typhoid Mary Meets Jim Crow: Stories from Memphis, Savannah, and Jacksonville -- 5. The Exception That Proves the Rule: Shaw, Mississippi -- 6. Water Filtration: Who Benefitted and Why -- 7. Verification -- 8. Further Tests -- 9. Conclusions -- App. The Negro Mortality Project
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject African Americans -- Health and hygiene -- History.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- History.
Waterborne infection -- United States -- Prevention -- History.
Health and race -- United States -- History.
LC no. 2003065135
ISBN 0262201488 hardback alkaline paper
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