Necropolis

Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom

Kathryn Olivarius

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$35.00 • £30.95 • €31.95

ISBN 9780674241053

Publication Date: 04/19/2022

* Academic Trade

352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

9 photos, 3 maps

Belknap Press

World

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Author’s Note
Introduction: A Rising Necropolis
1. Patriotic Fever
2. Danse Macabre
3. Immunocapital
4. Public Health, Private Acclimation
5. Denial, Delusion, and Disunion
6. Incumbent Arrogance
Epilogue: Fever and Folly
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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