Yellow Fever, Race, and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Natural World of the Gulf South
Autor Urmi Engineer Willoughbyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 dec 2017
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ISBN-13: 9780807167748
ISBN-10: 0807167746
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 177 x 228 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Lsu Press
Seria The Natural World of the Gulf South
ISBN-10: 0807167746
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 177 x 228 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Lsu Press
Seria The Natural World of the Gulf South
Notă biografică
Urmi Engineer Willoughby is assistant professor of history at Murray State University. She studies the history of disease and medicine from a global and ecological perspective.
Descriere
Through the innovative perspective of environment and culture, Urmi Engineer Willoughby examines yellow fever in New Orleans. Linking local epidemics to the city's place in the Atlantic world, Willoughby analyses how incidences of and responses to the disease grew out of an environment shaped by sugar, slavery, and urban development.