The Yellow Demon of Fever

The Yellow Demon of Fever
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780300215854
ISBN-13 : 0300215851
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Book Synopsis The Yellow Demon of Fever by : Manuel Barcia

Download or read book The Yellow Demon of Fever written by Manuel Barcia and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge As the slave trade brought Europeans, Africans, and Americans into contact, diseases were traded along with human lives. Manuel Barcia examines the battle waged against disease, where traders fought against loss of profits while enslaved Africans fought for survival. Although efforts to control disease and stop epidemics from spreading brought little success, the medical knowledge generated by people on both sides of the conflict contributed to momentous change in the medical cultures of the Atlantic world.


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