Cherokee medicine, colonial germs : an indigenous nation's fight against smallpox, 1518-1824 / Paul Kelton.

Author/Creator:

Kelton, Paul, author.

Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2015]

Series:

New directions in Native American studies; v. 11.
New directions in Native American studies

Format/Description:

Book
xiv, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Cherokee Indians -- Diseases -- History.
Smallpox -- Southern States -- History.
Cherokee Indians -- Medicine -- History.
Cherokee Indians -- Colonization -- Health aspects -- History.
Smallpox vaccine -- Southern States -- History.

Medical subjects:

Indians, North American -- Southeastern United States -- History.
Smallpox -- Southeastern United States -- History.
Colonialism -- Southeastern United States -- History.
History, 16th Century -- Southeastern United States.
History, Modern 1601- -- Southeastern United States.
Smallpox Vaccine -- Southeastern United States -- History.

Contents:

Arrival
Response
War
Revolution
Vaccine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-269) and index.

ISBN:

9780806146881
0806146885

OCLC:

890436715

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