Bibliograph

Beyond Germs, Native Depopulation in North America, edited by Catherine M. Cameron, Paul Kelton, and Alan C. Swedlund

Type

Label

Beyond Germs, Native Depopulation in North America, edited by Catherine M. Cameron, Paul Kelton, and Alan C. Swedlund

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond Germs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907132534

Responsibility statement

edited by Catherine M. Cameron, Paul Kelton, and Alan C. Swedlund

Series statement

Amerind studies in anthropology

Sub title

Native Depopulation in North America

Summary

"Beyond Germs challenges the "virgin soil" hypothesis that the massive depopulation of the New World was primarily caused by diseases brought by European colonists, which scholars used for decades to explain the decimation of the indigenous peoples of North America. Contributors argue that blaming germs downplays the active role of Europeans in inciting wars, destroying livelihoods, and erasing identities"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Paul Kelton, Alan C. Swedlund, and Catherine M. Cameron -- Death, uncertainty, and rhetoric / David S. Jones -- Population decline and culture change in the American midcontinent : bridging the prehistoric and historic divide / George R. Milner -- Colonialism and decline in the American southeast : the remarkable record of la Florida / Clark Spencer Larsen -- Beyond epidemics : a bioarchaeological perspective on Pueblo-Spanish encounters in the American southwest / Debra L. Martin -- Identity erasure and demographic impacts of the Spanish caste system upon the indigenous populations of New Mexico / Gerardo Gutiérrez -- Contagion, conflict, and captivity in interior New England : Native American and European contacts in the middle Connecticut River valley of Massachusetts, 1640-2004 / Alan C. Swedlund -- The effects of warfare and captive-taking on indigenous mortality in postcontact North America / Catherine M. Cameron -- Remembering Cherokee mortality during the American Revolution / Paul Kelton -- Quality of life : native communities within and beyond the bounds of colonial institutions in California / Kathleen L. Hull -- The pestilent serpent : colonialism, health, and indigenous demographics / James F. Brooks

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