Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs: An Indigenous Nation's Fight against Smallpox, 1518–1824 by Paul Kelton

Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs: An Indigenous Nation's Fight against Smallpox, 1518–1824

New Directions in Native American Studies

Paul Kelton

296 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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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, Coloni...

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