TY  - BOOK
AU  - Olivarius,Kathryn Meyer McAllister
TI  - Necropolis: disease, power, and capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom 
SN  - 9780674241053
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - New Orleans
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Yellow fever
KW  - Immunity
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Social stratification
KW  - New Orleans (La.)
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: A rising necropolis -- Patriotic fever -- Danse macabre -- Immunocapital -- Public health, private acclimation -- Denial, delusion, and disunion -- Incumbent arrogance -- Epilogue: Fever and folly
N2  - "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"--
ER  -