| Born to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492-1650 Contributor(s): Cook, Noble David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521627303 ISBN-13: 9780521627306 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: Noble David Cook explains, in vivid detail and sweeping scope, how the conquest of the New World was achieved by a handful of Europeans--not by the sword, but by deadly disease. The Aztec and Inca empires with their teeming millions were destroyed by a few hundred Europeans whose most important weapons, though the conquerors did not realize it at the time, were diseases previously unknown in the Americas. The end result of the colonizing experience in the Americas, whether of the Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, English, or French, was the collapse of native society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | Native American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 614.497 |
| LCCN: 97025064 |
| Series: New Approaches to the Americas |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.7" W x 8.46" (0.82 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |