Water, race, and disease /

A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the effect of public water and sewer systems on African American life expectancy in the Jim Crow era.Why, at the peak of the Jim Crow era early in the twentieth century, did life expectancy for African Americans rise dramatically? And why, when public offic...

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Main Author:	Troesken, Werner, 1963-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Series:	NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
Subjects:	African Americans > Health and hygiene > History. African Americans > Social conditions > History. Waterborne infection > United States > Prevention > History. Health and race > United States > History. SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law ECONOMICS/Economic History ECONOMICS/Public Economics Electronic books.
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by Troesken, Werner, 1963-
Published 2004

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Water, race, and disease /

by Troesken, Werner, 1963-
Published 2004

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