Swedlund (anthropology, U. of Massachusetts at Amherst) examines how people in western Massachusetts culturally experienced and understood illness and death between 1840 and 1916, drawing on historica
Until recently, plagues were thought to belong in the ancient past. Now there are deep worries about global pandemics. This book presents views from anthropology about this much publicized and comple
Until recently, plagues were thought to belong in the ancient past. Now there are deep worries about global pandemics. This book presents views from anthropology about this much publicized and comple
There is no question that European colonization introduced smallpox, measles, and other infectious diseases to the Americas, causing considerable harm and death to indigenous peoples. But though these
