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Disease and discrimination : poverty and pestilence in colonial Atlantic America / Dale L. Hutchinson.

Author/creator Hutchinson, Dale L.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Descriptionxviii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents Of apples and Edens -- The transformation of native America -- Of plagues and peoples -- Virginity and virulence -- Natives and newcomers -- Merchants and maladies -- Commerce and consequence -- Contested colonies -- Planters and pestilence -- Landscapes and liabilities -- Poverty and pestilence beyond the big house -- Measuring the lands -- Measured lands and multitudes.
Scope and content Hutchinson explores early colonial settlements and compares those that thrived with those that failed, investigating how disease did or did not affect the Native population nearby. Following the path of infection and disease, Hutchinson demonstrates that as America grew from backwoods to cities, populations in every century were affected in many ways by disease, each one impacting different impoverished classes.- - source other than Library of Congress.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-241) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015048925
ISBN9780813062693 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813062691 (alk. paper)

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