The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline Among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874

by Robert T. Boyd

Book Overview

The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence examines theintroduction of infectious diseases among the Indians of the NorthwestCoast culture area (present-day western Oregon, Washington, and BritishColumbia, and southeast Alaska) in the first century of contact and theeffects of these new diseases on Native American population size,structure, interactions, and viability. The emphasis is on epidemicdiseases and specific epidemic episodes. In most parts of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774807555
• ISBN13: 9780774807555
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"