Rationalizing Epidemics : : Meanings and Uses of American Indian Mortality since 1600 / / David S. Jones Ph.D., M.D.
Ever since their arrival in North America, European colonists and their descendants have struggled to explain the epidemics that decimated native populations. Century after century, they tried to understand the causes of epidemics, the vulnerability of American Indians, and the persistence of health...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Expecting Providence
- 2 Meanings of Depopulation
- 3 Frontiers of Smallpox
- 4 Using Smallpox
- 5 Race to Extinction
- 6 Impossible Responsibilities
- 7 Pursuit of Efficacy
- 8 Experiments at Many Farms
- Epilogue and Conclusions
- Notes
- Index