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"Secret Judgments of God": Old World Disease in Colonial Spanish America (Civilization of the American Indian Series)
Secret Judgments of God Old World Disease in Colonial Spanish America - Civilization of the American Indian Series Author:Noble David Cook A collection of case studies by historians, geographers, and anthropologists, Secret Judgements of God discusses how diseases with Old World origins devastated vulnerable native populations throughout Spanish America. In their preface to the paperback edition, the editors discuss the ongoing, often heated debate about contact population history.