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1 online resource. |
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computer c rdamedia |
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Description based on print version record. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: The laboring dead -- Crowded places: the roots of fresh air -- Missing persons: the decline of contagion theory and the rise of epidemiology -- Discovering epidemiology's voice: slavery, science, and the development of epidemiological methods in West Africa -- Recordkeeping: epidemiological practices in the British Empire -- Florence Nightingale: the unrecognized epidemiologist of the Crimean War and India -- The other civil war: the United States Sanitary Commission's conflicted mission -- Narrative maps: black troops, Muslim migrants, and the international cholera epidemic of 1865-6 -- "Sing, unburied, sing": slavery, Confederacy, and the practice of epidemiology -- Conclusion: From subjugation to science. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web. |
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Description based on print version record. |
Subject |
Epidemiology -- History.
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Enslaved persons -- Health and hygiene.
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Imperialism and science.
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War -- Medical aspects.
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Epidemiology -- history.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Related To |
Original 9780674971721 0674971728 (DLC) 2020018202 |
ISBN |
9780674249905 (electronic bk.) |
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0674249909 (electronic bk.) |
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9780674971721 |
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0674971728 |
OCLC # |
EBC6708110 |
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