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Rationalizing Epidemics : Meanings and Uses of American Indian Mortality Since 1600.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (309 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674039230
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rationalizing EpidemicsDDC classification:
  • 614.4/2/08997
LOC classification:
  • RA408
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of 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.
Summary: Ever since their arrival in North America, European colonists and their descendants have struggled to explain the epidemics that decimated native populations. Jones examines crucial episodes in this history, from Puritan responses to Indian depopulation to programs to test new antibiotics and implement modern medicine on the Navajo reservation.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of 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.

Ever since their arrival in North America, European colonists and their descendants have struggled to explain the epidemics that decimated native populations. Jones examines crucial episodes in this history, from Puritan responses to Indian depopulation to programs to test new antibiotics and implement modern medicine on the Navajo reservation.

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