Necropolis. Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom, Paperback/Kathryn Olivarius

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. Publisher: Harvard University Press Author(s): Kathryn Olivarius Illustration(s): 3 Maps Number of pages: 352 Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 146 x 228 x 25 Cover type: Paperback / softback