Death by Migration: Europe's Encounter with the Tropical World in the Nineteenth Century

Abstract

List of tables, figures, and maps Preface List of abbreviations 1. The mortality revolution and the tropical world: relocation costs in the early nineteenth century 2. Sanitation and tropical hygiene at mid-century 3. Killing diseases of the tropical world 4. Relocation costs in the late nineteenth century 5. The revolution in hygiene and tropical medicine 6. The pursuit of disease, 1870-1914 Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index.