Water, Race, and Disease

by Werner Troesken

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 officials were denying African Americans access to many other public services, did public water and sewer service for African Americans improve and expand? Using the qualitative and quantitative tools of demography, economics, geography, history, law, and medicine, Werner Troesken shows that the answers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262201488
• ISBN13: 9780262201483
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher