Epidemics and Enslavement Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715 |
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| Author:
| Kelton, Paul |
| Series title: | Indians of the Southeast Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-2791-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.30 |
Book Description:
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Provides a groundbreaking examination of the relationship between the Indian slave trade and the spread of Old World diseases in the colonial southeastern US. Paul Kelton scrupulously traces the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast and concludes that Natives had their most significant experience with new germs long after initial contacts in the sixteenth century.
Provides a groundbreaking examination of the relationship between the Indian slave trade and the spread of Old World diseases in the colonial southeastern US. Paul Kelton scrupulously traces the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast and concludes that Natives had their most significant experience with new germs long after initial contacts in the sixteenth century.