title: The myth of the actuary: life insurance and Frederick L. Hoffman's race traits and tendencies of the American Negro.
authors.affiliation: Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health, Columbia University, Department of Sociomedical Sciences and History, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA. mjw132@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Megan J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D001741:Black or African American; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007352:Insurance, Life; D011287:Prejudice; D020379:Risk Adjustment / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States