Rationalizing Epidemics: Meanings and Uses of American Indian Mortality Since 1600

by David S. Jones

Book Overview

Ever since their arrival in North America, European colonists and their descendants have struggled to explain the epidemics that decimated native populations. Century after century, they tried to understand the causes of epidemics, the vulnerability of American Indians, and the persistence of health disparities. They confronted their own responsibility for the epidemics, accepted the obligation to intervene, and imposed social and medical reforms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674013050
• ISBN13: 9780674013056
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.5"