Title Necropolis : disease, power, and capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom / Kathryn Olivarius

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction: A rising necropolis -- Patriotic fever -- Danse macabre -- Immunocapital -- Public health, private acclimation -- Denial, delusion, and disunion -- Incumbent arrogance -- Epilogue: Fever and folly Summary "In antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were less equal. Kathryn Olivarius explores the resulting framework of "immunocapital." For whites, immunity signaled creditworthiness. For enslaved Blacks, immunity enhanced their exploitability, relegating them to the harshest labor"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version of record Subject Race discrimination -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century Yellow fever -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century Immunity -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century Enslaved persons -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century Social stratification -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century HISTORY / United States / 19th Century Immunity -- Social aspects Race discrimination Race relations Enslaved persons Social stratification Yellow fever SUBJECT New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Subject Louisiana -- New Orleans Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0674276086 9780674276086 9780674276079 0674276078

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