A Pest in the Land New World Epidemics in a by Suzanne Austin Alchon PAPERBACK

A Pest in the Land New World Epidemics in a Global Perspective\nby Suzanne Austin Alchon\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Suzanne Austin Alchon\nTitle: A Pest in the Land New World Epidemics in a Global Perspective\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History\nPublisher: MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico\nPublication year: 2003\nISBN-13: 9780826328717\nISBN-10: 0826328717\nRRP: \u00A325.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nChallenges many widely held notions about encounters between European and native peoples. Whereas many late twentieth century scholars blamed the catastrophic decline of post-conquest native populations on the introduction of previously unknown infections from the Old World, Alchon argues that the experiences of native peoples in the New World closely resembled those .