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Author Daschuk, James W. (James William), 1961-

Title Clearing the Plains : Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life / James Daschuk.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : University of Regina Press, 2019.

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Edition New edition.
Description 1 online resource.
Series Canadian plains studies ; 65
Canadian plains studies ; 65.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed March 26, 2019).
Contents Indigenous health, environment, and disease before Europeans -- The early fur trade: territorial dislocation and disease -- Early competition and the extension of trade and disease, 1740-82 -- Despair and death during the Fur Trade Wars, 1783-1821 -- Expansion of settlement and erosion of health during the HBC monopoly, 1821-69 -- Canada, the Northwest, and the treaty period, 1869-76 -- Treaties, famine, and epidemic transition on the Plains, 1877-82 -- Dominion administration of relief, 1883-85 -- The Nadir of Indigenous health, 1886-91 -- Conclusion.
Summary "This new edition of Clearing the Plains has a forward by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Elizabeth Fenn, and explanations of the book's influence by leading Canadian historians. Called "one of the most important books of the twenty-first century" by the Literary Review of Canada, it was named a "Book of the Year" by The Globe and Mail, Quill & Quire, the Writers' Trust, and won the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, among many others."-- Provided by publisher
Subject Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene. (OCoLC)fst00969766
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Health and hygiene -- Canada, Western -- History.
Subject Indians of North America -- Diseases -- Canada, Western -- History.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Diseases -- Canada, Western -- History.
Subject Indians of North America -- Diseases. (OCoLC)fst00969699
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Indigenous peoples -- Health and hygiene -- Canada, Western -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Canada, Western -- History.
Subject Indigenous peoples -- Diseases -- Canada -- History.
Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene -- Canada, Western -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada, Western -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject Indians of North America -- Canada, Western -- History.
Western Canada. (OCoLC)fst01692641
ISBN 9780889776234 (electronic book)
0889776237 (electronic book)
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