Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth Century: Population and Development Series
Autor Antonio McDanielen Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 iul 1995
In the early nineteenth century, thousands of emancipated and freeborn blacks from the United States returned to Africa to colonize the area now known as Liberia. In this, the first systematic study of the demographic impact of this move on the migrants, Antonio McDaniel finds that the health of migrant populations depends on the adaptability of the individuals in the group, not on their race.
McDaniel compares the mortality rates of the emigrants to those of other migrants to tropical areas. He finds that, contrary to popular belief, black immigrants during this period died at unprecedented rates. Moreover, he shows that though the emigrant's mortality levels were exceptionally high, their mortality patterns were consistent with those of other populations.
McDaniel concludes that the greater the variance between the environment left and the environment entered, the higher the probability of contracting a new disease, and, in some cases, of death from these diseases. Additionally, a migrant's health can be affected by dietary changes, differences in local pathogens, inappropriate immunities, and increased risk of accidents due to unfamiliar surroundings.
McDaniel compares the mortality rates of the emigrants to those of other migrants to tropical areas. He finds that, contrary to popular belief, black immigrants during this period died at unprecedented rates. Moreover, he shows that though the emigrant's mortality levels were exceptionally high, their mortality patterns were consistent with those of other populations.
McDaniel concludes that the greater the variance between the environment left and the environment entered, the higher the probability of contracting a new disease, and, in some cases, of death from these diseases. Additionally, a migrant's health can be affected by dietary changes, differences in local pathogens, inappropriate immunities, and increased risk of accidents due to unfamiliar surroundings.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226557243
ISBN-10: 0226557243
Pagini: 213
Ilustrații: 3 maps, 17 line drawings, 36 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria Population and Development Series
ISBN-10: 0226557243
Pagini: 213
Ilustrații: 3 maps, 17 line drawings, 36 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria Population and Development Series
Cuprins
Figures and Maps
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
I: Background to the Colonization of Liberia
1: Colonization and Mortality
2: The Return to Sierra Leone
II: Colonization and Mortality in Early Nineteenth-Century Liberia
3: Migration and Colonization in Liberia
4: Mortality of the Liberian Immigrant Population
5: An Event History Analysis of Mortality in Liberia
III: Liberian Mortality: Another Dimension of the African Diaspora
6: Liberian Mortality in Comparative Perspective
7: Epilogue
Appendix A: Data and Methods
Appendix B: Committee Report on the "Report on the Medical Statistics of the Colony by Dr. Henderson"
Appendix C: Additional Tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
I: Background to the Colonization of Liberia
1: Colonization and Mortality
2: The Return to Sierra Leone
II: Colonization and Mortality in Early Nineteenth-Century Liberia
3: Migration and Colonization in Liberia
4: Mortality of the Liberian Immigrant Population
5: An Event History Analysis of Mortality in Liberia
III: Liberian Mortality: Another Dimension of the African Diaspora
6: Liberian Mortality in Comparative Perspective
7: Epilogue
Appendix A: Data and Methods
Appendix B: Committee Report on the "Report on the Medical Statistics of the Colony by Dr. Henderson"
Appendix C: Additional Tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index