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Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom by Kathryn Olivarius

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom

Kathryn Olivarius

320 pages hardcover 2022

2 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Disease is thought to be a great leveler of humanity, but in antebellum New Orleans acquiring immunity from the scourge of yellow fever magnified the brutal inequities of slave-powered capitalism.Antebellum New Orleans sat at the heart of America’...

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