Native society and disease in colonial Ecuador
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Native society and disease in colonial Ecuador
(Cambridge Latin American studies, 71)
Cambridge University Press, 2002, c1991
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
First published: 1991
"First paperback edition 2002"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-147) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines the relationship between the indigenous peoples of northern Ecuador and disease, especially those infections introduced by Europeans during the sixteenth century. It addresses an important and often overlooked element in the history of Amerindian populations: their biological adaptability and resilience. But it is more than a history of disease incidents, medical responses, and population trends. The history of the biological experience under colonial rule. It differs from other studies in the field by its emphasis on the relationship between biological and social responses.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Along the avenue of volcanoes
- 2. Disease, illness, and healing before 1534
- 3. Conquest and epidemic disease
- 4. Changing patterns of disease and demography
- 5. Disaster and crisis in the 1690s
- 6. Disease and demographic stagnation
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
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