ISBN:
9780674276086
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (353 pages)
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Olivarius, Kathryn Meyer McAllister, 1989 - Necropolis
DDC:
305.8009763/3
Keywords:
Electronic books
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New Orleans, La.
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Gelbfieber
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Immunität
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Sklaverei
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Rassendiskriminierung
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Kapitalismus
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Soziale Schichtung
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Geschichte 1804-1878
Abstract:
In antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were less equal. Kathryn Olivarius explores the resulting framework of "immunocapital." For whites, immunity signaled creditworthiness. For enslaved Blacks, immunity enhanced their exploitability, relegating them to the harshest labor.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction: A Rising Necropolis -- 1. Patriotic Fever -- 2. Danse Macabre -- 3. Immunocapital -- 4. Public Health, Private Acclimation -- 5. Denial, Delusion, and Disunion -- 6. Incumbent Arrogance -- Epilogue: Fever and Folly -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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