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2. Okt. 2002 · “Pox Americana sifts carefully through journals and records of the late 18th century to reconstruct the path of the disease. Using resources as varied as the burial records kept by Catholic Priests in the Southwest and the diaries of explorers traveling up the Pacific coast, she pieces together a gripping, untold story and even tries to arrive at an accurate statistical tally for the seven ...
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- 2001
- Joyce E. Chaplin
29. März 2023 · Pox Americana sheds much-needed light on smallpox's devastating effects on the Native American population. This book connects with professors and college students studying the American Revolution, Native American history, or epidemic diseases. Fenn’s work is especially relevant right now as other viruses have recently spread across the globe.
- Elizabeth A. Fenn
- University
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16. Nov. 2021 · By 1776, when military action and political ferment increased the movement of people and microbes, the epidemic worsened. Fenn's remarkable research shows us how smallpox devastated the American troops at Québec and kept them at bay during the British occupation of Boston.
1. Jan. 2001 · Pox Americana is worth reading but be prepared for a lot of statistical detail. Thoughts on the book: -Colonial history often rests on the idea of the 13 colonies on the eastern seaboard, this book explores a broad interwoven system of trade and conflict between native tribes that proved to be a powerful highway for the virus.
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3. Nov. 2008 · Pox Americana. : A horrifying epidemic of smallpox was sweeping across North America when the War of Independence began, and until now we have known almost nothing about it. Elizabeth A. Fenn is the first historian to reveal how deeply Variola affected the outcome of the war in every colony and the lives of everyone on the continent.
Elizabeth Fenn’s Pox Americana reminds us that terrible diseases like smallpox not only devastate populations, but also shape the course of events. The book uses engaging narrative writing and both European and Native American sources to tell the story of the continental smallpox epidemic of 1775–82. Fenn presents this story not just as ...
1. Dez. 2002 · Pox Americana is great as a story but flawed as historical epidemiology. Elizabeth A. Fenn explains that epidemic smallpox in scattered parts of North America occurred from 1775 to 1782, the years of the American War for Independence. That event has received the lion's share of historians' attention. By drawing our attention to the smallpox that raged in Canada, the United States, the Spanish ...
