Pox of Liberty - How the Constitution Left Americans Rich, Free, and Prone to Infection

Zusammenfassung Looking at the history of the United States with a focus on three diseases - smallpox! typhoid fever! and yellow fever! this book shows how constitutional rules and provisions that promoted individual liberty and economic prosperity also influenced the country's ability to eradicate infectious disease.

Product details

• Authors: Werner Troesken, Troesken Werner
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2015
• EAN: 9780226922171
• ISBN: 978-0-226-92217-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Markets and Governments in Eco; Markets and Governments in Economic History; Markets and Governments in Economic History; Markets and Governments in Economic History (CHUP)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, History of Medicine, Infectious & contagious diseases, United States of America, USA, Infectious and contagious diseases