TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,David S.
TI  - Rationalizing Epidemics: Meanings and Uses of American Indian Mortality Since 1600
SN  - 9780674039230
AV  - RA408 
U1  - 614.4/2/08997 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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