tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post5564952606104880168..comments2024-03-11T18:46:56.863+11:00Comments on New England's History: Research Note: Impact of Smallpox on Aboriginal New EnglandJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-36022648991565716172017-05-27T18:40:26.597+10:002017-05-27T18:40:26.597+10:00Thanks, johnB! :)
Thanks, johnB! :)<br />Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-35738249488021252372017-05-27T04:09:16.066+10:002017-05-27T04:09:16.066+10:00Not many Masters commence with an opening stanza i...Not many Masters commence with an opening stanza in Anglo-Saxon Jim. Peter Dowling very quickly sets out the veritable 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse that hit vulnerable communities. A much more personal Guns, Germs and Steel experience for Peter with his deep family connections to his area of interest. My thanks for the reference.Johnbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694479587834247002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-47218609750893675712017-05-19T20:57:35.535+10:002017-05-19T20:57:35.535+10:00Evening, JB. I hadn't realised until I started...Evening, JB. I hadn't realised until I started looking at the Aboriginal history just how devastating smallpox could be in societies with zero immunity. Of course I knew in a general sense, but not the specifics. To extend my thesis, I need to know more about transmission mechanisms and incubation/infection periods. It also helps to know a bit about geography.<br /><br />If you didn't click through on the links in the sources, Peter Dowling's thesis has some especially good stuff on the impact of disease etc in one defined geographic area. <br /><br /> Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-10073291767367853322017-05-19T19:50:42.535+10:002017-05-19T19:50:42.535+10:00The Globalisational history of Smallpox and its co...The Globalisational history of Smallpox and its consequences is a shockingly fascinating history in itself Jim. I believe, as suggested in your article, that it was the structure of Aboriginal society itself that may have turned out to be their best and most important initial defense following the introduction of Smallpox to Australia. The documented effect in other differently structured societies was nothing short of catastrophic.Johnbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694479587834247002noreply@blogger.com