Born to Die - Disease and New World Conquest, 1492-1650

Zusammenfassung Noble David Cook explains! in vivid detail and sweeping scope! how the conquest of the New World was achieved by a handful of Europeans - not by the sword! but by deadly disease. From 1492 to 1650! from Hudson's Bay in the north to southernmost Tierra del Fuego! disease weakened Amerindian resistance to outside domination. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. In the path of the hurricane: disease and the disappearance of the peoples of the Caribbean, 1492-1518; 2. The deaths of Aztec Cuitlahuac and Inca Huayna Capac: the first New World pandemics; 3. Settling in: epidemics and conquest to the end of the first century; 4. Regional outbreaks from the 1530s to century's end; 5. New arrivals: peoples and illnesses from 1600-1650; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Noble David Cook, Noble David (Florida International Universit Cook
• Assisted by: Stuart Schwartz (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.1998
• EAN: 9780521627306
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62730-6
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: New Approaches to the Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous