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How slavery & empire shaped epidemiology
Episode 1190

How slavery & empire shaped epidemiology

Jim Downs reveals how the conditions created by colonialism, war and slavery affected the study of disease and its spread.

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

November 17, 202139m 51s

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Show Notes

Jim Downs speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about his book Maladies of Empire, which reveals how the conditions created by colonialism, war and slavery affected the study of disease and its spread in the 18th and 19th centuries. 


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