LEADER 04968nam 22005654a 450 001 9910454884803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03923-8 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674039230 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805499 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000232732 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173544 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232732 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10214903 035 $a(PQKB)10678149 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300634 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328812 035 $a(OCoLC)923112523 035 $a(DE-B1597)590394 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674039230 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805499 100 $a20031118d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRationalizing epidemics$b[electronic resource] $emeanings and uses of American Indian mortality since 1600 /$fDavid S. Jones 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$dc2004 215 $axii, 294 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-01305-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 Expecting Providence -- $t2 Meanings of Depopulation -- $t3 Frontiers of Smallpox -- $t4 Using Smallpox -- $t5 Race to Extinction -- $t6 Impossible Responsibilities -- $t7 Pursuit of Efficacy -- $t8 Experiments at Many Farms -- $tEpilogue and Conclusions -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aEver since their arrival in North America, European colonists and their descendants have struggled to explain the epidemics that decimated native populations. Century after century, they tried to understand the causes of epidemics, the vulnerability of American Indians, and the persistence of health disparities. They confronted their own responsibility for the epidemics, accepted the obligation to intervene, and imposed social and medical reforms to improve conditions. In Rationalizing Epidemics, David Jones examines crucial episodes in this history: Puritan responses to Indian depopulation in the seventeenth century; attempts to spread or prevent smallpox on the Western frontier in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; tuberculosis campaigns on the Sioux reservations from 1870 until 1910; and programs to test new antibiotics and implement modern medicine on the Navajo reservation in the 1950s. These encounters were always complex. Colonists, traders, physicians, and bureaucrats often saw epidemics as markers of social injustice and worked to improve Indians' health. At the same time, they exploited epidemics to obtain land, fur, and research subjects, and used health disparities as grounds for "civilizing" American Indians. Revealing the economic and political patterns that link these cases, Jones provides insight into the dilemmas of modern health policy in which desire and action stand alongside indifference and inaction. Table of Contents: List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Expecting Providence 2. Meanings of Depopulation 3. Frontiers of Smallpox 4. Using Smallpox 5. Race to Extinction 6. Impossible Responsibilities 7. Pursuit of Efficacy 8. Experiments at Many Farms Epilogue and Conclusions Notes Index Rationalizing Epidemics is a superb work of scholarship. By contextualizing his deep and thorough research in original documents within the larger literature on the history and nature of epidemics, Jones has produced a profound account of how epidemics are social and cultural phenomena, not just biological. This book will be of great interest to scholars of American Indian history and the history of medicine, and with its engaging and accessible writing style, it promises to be a book that students and the general public will appreciate as well.--Nancy Shoemaker, University of ConnecticutAn imaginative and insightful approach to health and disease among American Indians, Rationalizing Epidemics represents a remarkable accomplishment. The breadth of reading and depth of research, the subtlety used in explaining each case, and the original approach to the material are altogether impressive. Jones's book undoubtedly will be a major contribution to American history.--Daniel H. Usner, Jr., Vanderbilt University 606 $aIndians of North America$xMortality$xHistory 606 $aIndians of North America$xDiseases$xEpidemiology$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xMortality$xHistory. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xDiseases$xEpidemiology$xHistory. 676 $a614.4/2/08997 700 $aJones$b David S$g(David Shumway)$0196542 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454884803321 996 $aRationalizing epidemics$92136682 997 $aUNINA