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Boyd THE COMING OF THE SPIRIT OF PESTILENCE Native American 1999
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Personalize
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- Features
- Dust Jacket
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- Adults
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- Era
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295978376
ISBN-13
9780295978376
eBay Product ID (ePID)
454630
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
428 Pages
Publication Name
Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence : Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Subject
United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (Or, Wa), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Disease & Health Issues, History, Epidemiology, Native American
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Medical, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
26.9 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-028736
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
Examines imported diseases and their impact on Pacific Northwest Indigenous peoples 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., In the late 1700s, when Euro-Americans began to visit the Northwest Coast, they reported the presence of vigorous, diverse cultures--among them the Tlingit, Haida, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinookans--with a population conservatively estimated at over 180,000. A century later only about 35,000 were left. The change was brought about by the introduction of diseases that had originated in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as smallpox, malaria, measles, and influenza. The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence examines the introduction of infectious diseases among the Indians of the Northwest Coast culture area (present-day Oregon and Washington west of the Cascade Mountains, British Columbia west of the Coast Range, and southeast Alaska) in the first century of contact and the effects of these new diseases on Native American population size, structure, interactions, and viability. The emphasis is on epidemic diseases and specific epidemic episodes. In most parts of the Americas, disease transfer and depopulation occurred early and are poorly documented. Because of the lateness of Euro-American contact in the Pacific Northwest, however, records are relatively complete, and it is possible to reconstruct in some detail the processes of disease transfer and the progress of specific epidemics, compute their demographic impact, and discern connections between these processes and culture change. Boyd provides a thorough compilation, analysis, and comparison of information gleaned from many published and archival sources, both Euro-American (trading-company, mission, and doctors' records; ships' logs; diaries; and Hudson's Bay Company and government censuses) and Native American (oral traditions and informant testimony). The many quotations from contemporary sources underscore the magnitude of the human suffering. The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence is a definitive study of introduced diseases in the Pacific Northwest. For more information on the author go to http: //roberttboyd.com/
LC Classification Number
RA650.55.N67B69 1999
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