Disease and Distinctiveness in the American South

Disease and Distinctiveness in the American South
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Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 0870496859
ISBN-13 : 9780870496851
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Book Synopsis Disease and Distinctiveness in the American South by : Todd L. Savitt

Download or read book Disease and Distinctiveness in the American South written by Todd L. Savitt and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at disease entities (yellow fever, hookworm, pellagra) especially associated with the American South and wrestles with the relation of diseases to an issue of perennial concern to southern historians, that of southern distinctiveness.


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