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Native Society and Disease in Colonial Ecuador (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 71) by Suzanne Austin Alchon is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Native Society and Disease in Colonial Ecuador (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 71) about?
This book examines the relationship between indigenous populations in the north-central highlands of Ecuador and disease, especially those infections introduced by Europeans during the sixteenth century. Disease, of course, existed in the Americas long before 1500. But just as native societies resisted and eventually adapted to European conquest, so too did they adapt to Old World pathogens. Just as the responses of Indian communities to the economic and political demands of Spaniards varied ove
Who reads Native Society and Disease in Colonial Ecuador (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 71)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Suzanne Austin Alchon
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511529047
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Education, Medical
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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