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McGuire, Robert A. 1948-

Parasites, pathogens, and progress : diseases and economic development / Robert A. McGuire, Philip R.P. Coelho. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011. - viii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-313) and index.

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 -- The biology and disease lesson.

ISBN: 9780262015660 0262015668

LCCN: 2010046703

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015825545 Uk 101572549 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Parasitic diseases--History.
Parasitic diseases--Social aspects.
Parasitic diseases--History.--United States
Evolution (Biology)--History.--United States
Microbiology--History.--United States
Parasitic Diseases--epidemiology--United States.
Parasitic Diseases--history--United States.
History, 18th Century--United States.
History, 19th Century--United States.
Socioeconomic Factors--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Economic conditions.

LC Class. No.: RA 649 / .M34 2011