Books by James Daschuk
“The book shows how early capitalist trade and then sequestration on reservations, led to horrific mortality among native populations, due to infectious diseases that came over with European traders and colonizers.” Read more...
Christian W. McMillen, Historian
Interviews where books by James Daschuk were recommended
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Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany
by Carlo Cippolla -
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Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
by James Daschuk -
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The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria
by Randall Packard -
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American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
by Nancy Bristow -
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Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878–1930
by Mariola Espinosa
The best books on Pandemics, recommended by Christian W. McMillen
The best books on Pandemics, recommended by Christian W. McMillen
With coronavirus causing widespread panic, we would do well to educate ourselves about the history of pandemics and disease. University of Virginia historian and associate dean Christian W. McMillen, author of Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction, recommends the best introductions to the subject.
