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Migration and Mortality in Africa and the Atlantic World, 1700–1900

By Philip D. Curtin

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2001
ISBN
9781040244296, 9780860788331, 9781003555872
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3727035 bytes)
Series
Variorum Collected Studies
Pages
\0
Orientation
no
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2024-09-09 07:35:15

Description

These papers explore the history of the tropical regions of the Atlantic basin, sometimes focused on the Caribbean, sometimes on Africa, but always with a comparative dimension. The Atlantic basin is central to most of these comparisons, but they are a part of an even broader effort to capture the perspective of world history. Some deal with the shores of the Atlantic in the framework of economic history, but the author's concern is most particularly with the role of the environment in history, especially the disease environment. Disease was particularly important for migrants who moved from one disease environment to another. In the tropical Atlantic, disease was a crucial factor in the formation of the slave trade, affecting both the involuntary passengers and those who came out from Europe to manage the trade.

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