{"product_id":"yellow-fever-race-and-ecology-in-nineteenth-century-new-orleans-9780807167748","title":"Yellow Fever, Race, and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough the innovative perspective of environment and culture, Urmi Engineer Willoughby examines yellow fever in New Orleans from 1796 to 1905. Linking local epidemics to the city's place in the Atlantic world, Y\u003ci\u003eellow Fever, Race, and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes how incidences of and responses to the disease grew out of an environment shaped by sugar production, slavery, and urban development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilloughby argues that transnational processes--including patterns of migration, industrialization, and imperialism--contributed to ecological changes that enabled yellow fever-carrying \u003ci\u003eAedes a gypti\u003c\/i\u003e mosquitoes to thrive and transmit the disease in New Orleans, challenging presumptions that yellow fever was primarily transported to the Americas on slave ships. She then traces the origin and spread of medical and popular beliefs about yellow fever immunity, from the early nineteenth-century contention that natives of New Orleans were protected, to the gradual emphasis on race as a determinant of immunity, reflecting social tensions over the abolition of slavery around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the nineteenth century unfolded, ideas of biological differences between the races calcified, even as public health infrastructure expanded, and race continued to play a central role in the diagnosis and prevention of the disease. State and federal governments began to create boards and organizations responsible for preventing new outbreaks and providing care during epidemics, though medical authorities ignored evidence of black victims of yellow fever. Willoughby argues that American imperialist ambitions also contributed to yellow fever eradication and the growth of the field of tropical medicine: U.S. commercial interests in the tropical zones that grew crops like sugar cane, bananas, and coffee engendered cooperation between medical professionals and American military forces in Latin America, which in turn enabled public health campaigns to research and eliminate yellow fever in New Orleans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA signal contribution to the field of disease ecology, \u003ci\u003eYellow Fever, Race, and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e delineates events that shaped the Crescent City's epidemiological history, shedding light on the spread and eradication of yellow fever in the Atlantic World.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Urmi Engineer Willoughby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.96w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807167748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrmi Engineer Willoughby is assistant professor of history at Murray State University. She studies the history of disease and medicine from a global and ecological perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40855947903091,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":67.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_688b0fc9-6edc-4699-9a8d-9f0a695233df.jpg?v=1687007489","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/yellow-fever-race-and-ecology-in-nineteenth-century-new-orleans-9780807167748","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}