Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs: An Indigenous Nation’s Fight against Smallpox, 1518–1824 (Volume 11) (New Directions in Native American Studies Series)

by Paul Kelton

Book Overview

How smallpox, or Variola, caused widespread devastation during the European colonization of the Americas is a well-known story. But as historian Paul Kelton informs us, that's precisely what it is: a convenient story. In Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs Kelton challenges the "virgin soil thesis," or the widely held belief that Natives' lack of immunities and their inept healers were responsible for their downfall. Eschewing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806160985
• ISBN13: 9780806160986
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"