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.

"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...

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Main Author: Kelton, Paul (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, [2015]
Series:New directions in Native American studies ; v. 11.
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Subjects:
Cherokee Indians > Diseases > History.
Cherokee Indians > Medicine > History.
Cherokee Indians > Colonization > Health aspects > History.
Indians of North America > Southern States > History.
Smallpox > Southern States > History.
Smallpox vaccine > Southern States > History.
Medicine > History > 16th century.
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Southern States > History.
History.
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