Disease and discrimination : poverty and pestilence in colonial Atlantic America / Dale L. Hutchinson.
| Author/creator |
Hutchinson, Dale L. author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2016 |
| Description | xviii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-241) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2015048925 |
| ISBN | 9780813062693 |
| ISBN | 0813062691 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | NC Stacks | RA644.6 .H88 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |