When disease came to this country: epidemics and colonialism in northern North America

Twentieth-century circumpolar epidemics shaped historical interpretations of disease in European imperialism in the Americas and beyond. In this revisionist history of epidemic disease as experienced by northern peoples, Liza Piper illuminates the ecological, spatial, and colonial relationships that...

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1. Verfasser: Piper, Liza 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Global health histories (Series)
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Zusammenfassung:Twentieth-century circumpolar epidemics shaped historical interpretations of disease in European imperialism in the Americas and beyond. In this revisionist history of epidemic disease as experienced by northern peoples, Liza Piper illuminates the ecological, spatial, and colonial relationships that allowed diseases - influenza, measles, and tuberculosis in particular - to flourish between 1860 and 1940 along the Mackenzie and Yukon rivers. Making detailed use of Indigenous oral histories alongside English and French language archives and emphasising environmental alongside social and cultural factors, When Disease Came to this Country shows how colonial ideas about northern Indigenous immunity to disease were rooted in the racialized structures of colonialism that transformed northern Indigenous lives and lands, and shaped mid-twentieth century biomedical research
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When scarlet fever came to this country -- Colonial motifs and medicine -- The gold rush and after -- Infrastructures of extraction, sanitation, and care -- Race, gender, and control -- Experiences of influenza -- Colonial ecologies -- A smouldering fire
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 342 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009320924
DOI:10.1017/9781009320924

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