2021, ISBN: 9780295749181

Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874, Buch, Softcover, In the late 1700s when European colonizers arrived on the Northwest Coast,… Mehr…

Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874, Buch, Softcover, In the late 1700s when European colonizers arrived on the Northwest Coast, they reported the presence of vigorous, diverse cultures-Tlingit, Haida, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinookan-with a population conservatively estimated at more than 180,000. Just a century later the population had plummeted to only 35,000-a devastating loss of Indigenous lives caused by the introduction of diseases brought by settlers and colonizers. The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence examines the first century of contact and the effects of introduced diseases such as smallpox, malaria, measles, and influenza on Native American population size, structure, interactions, and viability. Whereas in most parts of the Americas disease transfer and depopulation occurred early and were poorly documented, the later date of Euro-American contact in the Pacific Northwest means that records are relatively complete. Through doctors' records, ships' logs, diaries, censuses, and Native American oral traditions and testimonies, Robert Boyd reconstructs the process of disease transfer and the profound demographic and cultural impact of specific epidemics. This definitive study of introduced diseases in the Pacific Northwest illuminates the magnitude of human suffering and traces connections between these processes and cultural change. [PU: University of Washington Press], Seiten: 428, University of Washington Press, 2021<

ISBN: 9780295749181

In the late 1700s when European colonizers arrived on the Northwest Coast, they reported the presence of vigorous, diverse cultures?Tlingit, Haida, Kwakwaka?wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nult… Mehr…

In the late 1700s when European colonizers arrived on the Northwest Coast, they reported the presence of vigorous, diverse cultures?Tlingit, Haida, Kwakwaka?wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinookan?with a population conservatively estimated at more than 180, 000. Just a century later the population had plummeted to only 35, 000?a devastating loss of Indigenous lives caused by the introduction of diseases brought by settlers and colonizers. The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence examines the first century of contact and the effects of introduced diseases such as smallpox, malaria, measles, and influenza on Native American population size, structure, interactions, and viability. Whereas in most parts of the Americas disease transfer and depopulation occurred early and were poorly documented, the later date of Euro-American contact in the Pacific Northwest means that records are relatively complete. Through doctors? records, ships? logs, diaries, censuses, and Native American oral traditions and testimonies, Robert Boyd reconstructs the process of disease transfer and the profound demographic and cultural impact of specific epidemics. This definitive study of introduced diseases in the Pacific Northwest illuminates the magnitude of human suffering and traces connections between these processes and cultural change. | The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence by Robert T. Boyd Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Social Science > Race & Ethnicity > Indigenous P10102, Robert T. Boyd<

ISBN: 9780295749181

In the late 1700s when European colonizers arrived on the Northwest Coast, they reported the presence of vigorous, diverse cultures?Tlingit, Haida, Kwakwaka?wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nult… Mehr…

In the late 1700s when European colonizers arrived on the Northwest Coast, they reported the presence of vigorous, diverse cultures?Tlingit, Haida, Kwakwaka?wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinookan?with a population conservatively estimated at more than 180,000. Just a century later the population had plummeted to only 35,000?a devastating loss of Indigenous lives caused by the introduction of diseases brought by settlers and colonizers.The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence examines the first century of contact and the effects of introduced diseases such as smallpox, malaria, measles, and influenza on Native American population size, structure, interactions, and viability. Whereas in most parts of the Americas disease transfer and depopulation occurred early and were poorly documented, the later date of Euro-American contact in the Pacific Northwest means that records are relatively complete. Through doctors? records, ships? logs, diaries, censuses, and Native American oral traditions and testimonies, Robert Boyd reconstructs the process of disease transfer and the profound demographic and cultural impact of specific epidemics. This definitive study of introduced diseases in the Pacific Northwest illuminates the magnitude of human suffering and traces connections between these processes and cultural change. Books > Health > Public Health List_Books, [PU: University of Washington Press]<

2021, ISBN: 9780295749181

Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874, Buch, Softcover, [PU: University of Washington Press], University of Washington Press, 2021