Epidemics and enslavement : biological catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715 /
Tracing the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast, this work concludes that, while indigenous peoples suffered from an array of ailments before contact, Natives had their most significant experience with new germs long after initial contacts in the sixteenth cen...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2007.
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Colección: | Indians of the Southeast.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Tracing the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast, this work concludes that, while indigenous peoples suffered from an array of ailments before contact, Natives had their most significant experience with new germs long after initial contacts in the sixteenth century. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 288 pages) : maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780803215573 0803215576 9786611092245 6611092242 |