Mortality among European settlers in pre-colonial West Africa: The “White Man’s Grave” revisited

dc.contributor.author	Öberg, Stefan
dc.contributor.author	Rönnbäck, Klas
dc.date.accessioned	2016-11-22T07:41:44Z
dc.date.available	2016-11-22T07:41:44Z
dc.date.issued	2016-08
dc.identifier.issn	1653-1000
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/49666
dc.description.abstract	We have created the first longitudinal dataset following European employees of the English Royal African Company during their time in West Africa, 1683–1766. The mortality was catastrophically high with limited geographical differences. Tropical diseases and epidemics thereof, contributed to the high mortality and strong variations over time. The risk was highest for the men who had just arrived from Europe but remained high also after they had spent several years on the coast. The death rate of the Europeans was increased by both the share of newcomers and by the total number of men present on the coast.	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Göteborg Papers in Economic History	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	20	sv
dc.subject	Economic History	sv
dc.subject	Mortality	sv
dc.subject	West Africa	sv
dc.subject	Pre-colonial	sv
dc.subject	“White Man’s Grave”	sv
dc.title	Mortality among European settlers in pre-colonial West Africa: The “White Man’s Grave” revisited	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv