Cherokee medicine, colonial germs : an indigenous nation's fight against smallpox, 1518-1824

Cherokee medicine, colonial germs : an indigenous nation's fight against smallpox, 1518-1824 / Paul Kelton.

Author/creator	Kelton, Paul author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2015]
Description	xiv, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Book review (H-Net)
Subject(s)	Cherokee Indians--Diseases --History. Smallpox--Southern States --History. Cherokee Indians--Medicine --History. Cherokee Indians--Colonization --Health aspects --History. Smallpox vaccine--Southern States --History. Smallpox--history. Indians, North American--history. Smallpox Vaccine--history. Colonialism--history. History, 16th Century. History, Modern 1601- Southeastern United States--epidemiology.

Series	New directions in Native American studies ; volume 11 New directions in Native American studies v. 11. ^A792259
Contents	Arrival -- Response -- War -- Revolution -- Vaccine.
Abstract	"How smallpox, or Variola, caused widespread devastation during the European colonization of the Americas is a well-known story. But as historian Paul Kelton informs us, that's precisely what it is: a convenient story. In Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs Kelton challenges the "virgin soil thesis," or the widely held belief that Natives' lack of immunities and their inept healers were responsible for their downfall. Eschewing the metaphors and hyperbole routinely associated with the impact of smallpox, he firmly shifts the focus to the root cause of indigenous suffering and depopulation--colonialism writ large; not disease."--Jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.
LCCN	2014030514
ISBN	9780806146881 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	0806146885 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

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Joyner	NC Stacks	RA644.S6 K45 2015	✔ Available	Place Hold