Of apples and Edens -- The transformation of native America -- Of plagues and peoples -- Virginity and virulence -- Natives and newcomers -- Merchants and maladies -- Commerce and consequence -- Contested colonies -- Planters and pestilence -- Landscapes and liabilities -- Poverty and pestilence beyond the big house -- Measuring the lands -- Measured lands and multitudes.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Hutchinson explores early colonial settlements and compares those that thrived with those that failed, investigating how disease did or did not affect the Native population nearby. Following the path of infection and disease, Hutchinson demonstrates that as America grew from backwoods to cities, populations in every century were affected in many ways by disease, each one impacting different impoverished classes.
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JSTOR
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
MIL
Stock Number
22573/ctvx0ctxw
Stock Number
914097
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Disease and discrimination.
International Standard Book Number
9780813062693
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Chronic diseases-- United States-- Psychological aspects-- History.
Communicable diseases-- United States-- History.
Discrimination against people with disabilities-- United States-- History.
Poor-- Health and hygiene-- United States-- History.