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Sickness, Starvation, and Death in Early Hispaniola
Recently discovered letters written by Christopher Columbus raise new questions about whether the 1,500 soldiers and settlers of Columbus' second expedition (1493-1496) may have been responsible for the introduction of Old World malaria, modorra, typhus, and smallpox to the Caribbean. The early arrival of these diseases provides fresh insight into the well-documented difficult conditions in early Hispaniola.
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Dynamics of Indigenous Demographic Fluctuations: Lessons from Sixteenth-Century Cusco, Peru/Comments/Reply
Reconstruction of the local impacts of imperial expansion is often hindered by insufficiently detailed indigenous demographic data. In the case of Spanish expansion in the Americas, native population declines are widely observed, but underlying dynamics are still incompletely understood. This paper uses a 1569 survey of more than 800 nontributary indigenous households in the Yucay Valley (highland Peru) to investigate demographic changes occurring during the Spanish transformation of the Inka imperial heartland. A suite of demographic analyses reveals that while the study population experienced significant demographic stresses, fertility rates recovered to levels that would lead to population growth in the long term. These new perspectives on indigenous fertility indicate that some rural Andean populations successfully adapted to new imperial arrangements. Long-term demographic declines in the Yucay Valley and surrounding region may thus be attributed to recurring disasters (especially epidemic disease) and an insatiable colonial administration that was not sufficiently flexible or sensitive to dynamics of demographic flux. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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Rationalizing Epidemics: Meanings and Uses of American Indian Mortality since 1600
Cook reviews Rationalizing Epidemics: Meanings and Uses of American Indian Mortality since 1600 by David S. Jones.
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