Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 0887556590
9780887556593
9780887553042
0887553044
1283090562
9781283090568
9786613090560
6613090565
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "The area between the Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg, bounded on the north by the Hudson Bay lowlands, is sometimes known as the "Petit Nord." Providing a link between the cities of eastern Canada and the western interior, it was a critical communication and transportation hub for the North American fur trade for over 200 years. It also became the dispersal point for waves of devastating disease. An extensive trading network, both among Aboriginal groups and fur trade society, carved a path for the diffusion of diseases such as smallpox, influenza, and measles. Over two centuries, these diseases were responsible for a monumental loss of life and forever transformed North American Aboriginal communities." "Historical geographer Paul Hackett meticulously traces the diffusion of these diseases from Europe through central Canada to the West. Hackett's analysis of evidence in fur trade journals and oral history, combined with this study of the diffusion behaviour, yields a comprehensive picture of where, when, and how the staggering impact of these epidemics was felt."--Jacket.
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| Other form: | Print version: Hackett, F.J. Paul (Frederick John Paul), 1961- Very remarkable sickness". Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, ©2002 9780887556593
Online version: Hackett, F.J. Paul (Frederick John Paul), 1961- Very remarkable sickness". Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, ©2002
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