Northern Chills, Southern Fevers
Race-Specific Mortality in American Cities, 1730-1900
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10241045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Warren (0000-0002-2838-307X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23 |
| Publication date | 1997-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Southern History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4642 • E-ISSN: 2325-6893 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2211942 |
| OpenAlex | W2265812067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
The author analyzes U.S. mortality trends by race from 1730 to 1900 using race-specific mortality data from northern and southern cities. [The article] begins with a description of differential mortality over latitude then considers time--over seasons years and decades. The bulk of the article analyzes factors contributing to these reported racial differences including housing diet medical care economics as well as epidemiological and hereditary differences. The article concludes by weighing the contribution of health in the formation of the nations regionally `split personality. (EXCERPT)
Chills · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Race (biology · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Medicine · Surgery
Enregistrer les morts, identifier les surmortalités
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,34 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2024 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |