Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs
Smallpox Vaccine
Colonialism
History, Modern 1601-
Smallpox
Cherokee Indians
North American Indians
Indians of north america, history
Colonization
Imperialism
Epidemiology
Health aspects
Medicine
Diseases
History
"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, Colonial Germs Kelton challenges the "virgin soil thesis," …
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