Secret judgments of God : Old World disease in colonial Spanish America / edited by Noble David Cook and W. George Lovell.

Other author Cook, Noble David.
Other author Lovell, W. George (William George), 1951-
Other author International Congress of Americanists 1988 : Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©1991.
Descriptionxxiii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Indians--Diseases. --Congresses.
Indians--Population. --Congresses.
Indians--History. --Congresses.
Epidemics--Latin America. --History. --Congresses.
Disease Outbreaks--history. --Latin America. --Congresses.
Indians, Central American--history. --Latin America. --Congresses.
Indians, South American--history. --Latin America. --Congresses.

SeriesThe Civilization of the American Indian series
Civilization of the American Indian series. ^A13888
Contents Introduction / Woodrow Borah -- Disease outbreaks in central Mexico during the sixteenth century / Hanns J. Prem -- Disease and depopulation in early colonial Guatemala / W. George Lovell -- Old World epidemics in early colonial Ecuador / Linda A. Newson -- Epidemic disease in the Sabana de Bogota, 1536-1810 / Juan A. Villamarin and Judith E. Villamarin -- Death in Aymaya of upper Peru, 1580-1623 / Brian M. Evans -- Disease, population, and public health in eighteenth-century Quito / Suzanne Austin Alchon -- Smallpox and war in southern Chile in the late eighteenth century / Fernando Casanueva -- Unraveling the web of disease / Noble David Cook and W. George Lovell.
General noteSelected and edited papers from the 46th International Congress of Americanists, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1988.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-271) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN 91050301
ISBN0806123729 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780806123721 (alk. paper)