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" Parasites, pathogens, and progress : "
Robert A. McGuire, Philip R.P. Coelho
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BL
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626057
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McGuire, Robert A., (Robert Allen),1948-
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Parasites, pathogens, and progress : : diseases and economic development /\ Robert A. McGuire, Philip R.P. Coelho
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,, c2011
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viii, 343 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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9780262015660
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: 0262015668
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
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Parasitic diseases-- History
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Parasitic diseases-- Social aspects
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Parasitic diseases-- United States-- History
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Evolution (Biology)-- United States-- History
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Microbiology-- United States-- History
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United States, Economic conditions
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RA649.M345 2011
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Coelho, Philip R. P
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