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Book SynopsisAn examination of the Yosemite Indian experience in California that challenges our understanding of the complex, destructive encounters that took place between colonists and native people across North America. It focuses on the timing, magnitude, and consequences of the introduction of lethal infectious diseases to Native communities.
Trade Review"This book is much more than a case study of a small California tribe. It is a major contribution to our understanding of European contact with Native America and all its consequences." -- Mark Michel American Archaeology "Kathleen L. Hull's analysis of the Yosemite Indians provides a valuable addition to this literature... Scholars of Indian history and of colonialism more broadly will learn much from Hull's work." American Historical Review "Exhaustively researched and impressive ethnohistory of Yosemite Indian demography... offers a valuable case study that separates the biological from the social aspects of colonialism and provides a welcome contribution to scholarship on the California Indian experience, disease, Indian demography, and native/nonnative encounters." Ethnohistory "An important addition to the scholarship on Indigenous-European contact,colonialism and California Indian studies... This book should become an important addition to colonial, early America, colonial and California Indian studies." Journal Of Colonialism And Colonial History "This book marks a watershed in the colonial archaeology of the hinterland communities, and it should be read by historical archaeologists everywhere." Journal Of Cal & Great Basin Anth "Readers are likely to find Pestilence and Persistence... useful." Journal Of Interdisciplinary History "Hull effectively redirects our attention ... to a better appreciation of the resiliency and creativity of Native peoples." Western Historical Qtly "Hull has accomplished a major and important methodological feat , and although sometimes dense, the work is generally clear, engaging, and provocative." Journal Of Archaeological Rsrch "A valuable contribution to the growing literature on the complexity of encounters between Europeans and Indians." -- David S. Jones American Historical Review
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Disentangling Colonial Encounters 2. Multiple Perspectives on a Critical Time 3. Colonial Encounters in Yosemite Valley 4. The People of Awahnee 5. Peopling the Past 6. A Tradition of Survival: Archaeological Evidence for Awahnichi Depopulation 7. Daily Practices in a Changing World 8. Hol'-low and He-le'-jah: Cultural Continuity and Change 9. The Colonial Experience:Epidemic Disease and Cultural Outcomes Elsewhere in North America 10. Culture, History, and Colonialism Appendix: Population Proxy Data Notes References Index
