HIST 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Mass Suicide, Smallpox, Alchon Huns
16 Dec 2017
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The torn web: the effects of colonialism on indigenous peoples. Susan austin alchon, a test in the land. Spread and effect of disease and reaction of indigenous peoples. Other reasons why the population declined it was not only epidemics; there were other factors that are linked with colonialism. Religion indigenous peoples caught between the two religions. Compares the effects on european and indigenous peoples. Typhus or the plague all of central mexico more than 50% killed the spaniards had connected various parts of mexico made it easy for epidemics to travel. There were many various diseases worsened the situation because multiple infections were common there are always smaller epidemics between the big ones constant. Family destruction/disorganisation; a lot of children are orphaned (20-25%) they lose their education; loss of connections within the family/kinship system there are different specialities, and the unravelling of the families breaks down the chain of production.
