Slavery, disease, and suffering in the southern Lowcountry
"In 1776, the Carolina lowcountry was the wealthiest and unhealthiest region in British North America. This book argues that the two were intimately connected, examining how people created, combated, avoided, and denied the virulent disease environment; and how disease and human responses to it...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
| Series: | Cambridge studies on the American South.
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| Online Access: | Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete. |
| Summary: | "In 1776, the Carolina lowcountry was the wealthiest and unhealthiest region in British North America. This book argues that the two were intimately connected, examining how people created, combated, avoided, and denied the virulent disease environment; and how disease and human responses to it influenced the region, the South, and the United States"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139070430 (online) 9781139076166 (online) 9781139080729 (online) 9781139082990 (online) 9781283112703 (online) |