Essays on geography and diseases
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Summary
This dissertation explores how diseases contributed to shape historical institutions and how health and diseases are still affecting modern comparative development by taking advantage of the vast amount of newly available historical data and of the richness of data accessible through the geographic information system.
- Type
- dissertation
- Published
- 2014-06-23
- Cited by
- 0
- References
- 134
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W20187134
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Keywords
Caste, Malaria, Geography, Diversity (politics), Development economics
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