SWEDLUND, Alan C.
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
2010 CE
#10342
Shadows in the valley: A cultural history of illness, death, and loss in New England, 1840-1916.
"...The study is organized for the most part around disease categories and the life cycle, so that the cultural framework of people's habits and values often seems secondary. Most of what we learn about illness and de…
2015 CE
#10341
Beyond germs: Native depopulation in North America. Edited by Catherine M. Cameron, Paul Kelton, and Alan C. Swedlund.
This book "challenges the “virgin soil” hypothesis that was used for decades to explain the decimation of the indigenous people of North America. This hypothesis argues that the massive depopulation of the…