Title Epidemics and enslavement : biological catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715 / Paul Kelton

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 288 pages) : maps Series Indians of the Southeast Indians of the Southeast. Contents Disease ecology of the Native Southeast, 1000-1492 -- The protohistoric puzzle, 1492-1659 -- Slave raids and smallpox, 1659-1700 -- The epidemiological origins of the Yamasee War, 1700-1715 Summary Tracing the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast, this work concludes that, while indigenous peoples suffered from an array of ailments before contact, Natives had their most significant experience with new germs long after initial contacts in the sixteenth century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Indians of North America -- Diseases -- South Atlantic States Indians, Treatment of -- South Atlantic States Indians of North America -- South Atlantic States -- History Smallpox -- South Atlantic States -- Epidemiology Slavery -- South Atlantic States Disease Outbreaks -- history History, Early Modern 1451-1600 History, Modern 1601- Indians, North American -- history Smallpox -- history Social Problems -- history MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment. MEDICAL -- Epidemiology. HISTORY -- Native American. Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Diseases Indians, Treatment of Slavery Smallpox -- Epidemiology SUBJECT South Atlantic States -- History Southeastern United States Subject United States -- South Atlantic States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780803215573 0803215576 9786611092245 6611092242

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