Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States

From a prominent medical historian, "a fascinating story of the spread of malaria through the USA following its introduction in the seventeenth century" (Nature Medicine).

Margaret Humphreys presents the first book-length account of the parasitic, insect-borne disease that has infected millions and influenced settlement patterns, economic development, and the quality of life at every level of American society, especially in the south and during its peak in the nineteenth century.

Humphreys...