Death by migration : Europe's encounter with the tropical world in the nineteenth century

Death by migration : Europe's encounter with the tropical world in the nineteenth century / Philip D. Curtin.

Author/creator	Curtin, Philip D.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Description	xix, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Tropical medicine--History. Soldiers--Mortality --India. Soldiers--Mortality --Algeria. Soldiers--Mortality --West Indies. Medicine, Military--History. History, 19th Century--Europe --Statistics. Military Medicine--history --Europe --Statistics. Mortality--Europe --Statistics. Tropical Medicine--history --Europe --Statistics. History of Medicine. Soldiers--India --Mortality. Soldiers--Algeria --Mortality. Soldiers--West Indies --Mortality.

Contents	The mortality revolution and the tropical world : relocation costs in the early nineteenth century -- Sanitation and tropical hygiene at mid-century -- Killing diseases of the tropical world -- Relocation costs in the late nineteenth century -- The revolution in hygiene and tropical medicine -- The pursuit of disease, 1870-1914
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index.
LCCN	89031414
ISBN	0521371627
ISBN	9780521371629
ISBN	0521389224
ISBN	9780521389228