Romanticism and Colonial Disease (Medicine and Culture)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780801877346
Subjects: Colonization & independence; History of medicine; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: 19th century; Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; World - Colonial Studies; History; Literary Criticism; History - General History; English; British Empire; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; General; European - General
First sentence: A legend among the Kiowas of the American Great Plains tells about an encounter between Saynday, the mythic hero of the tribe, and a stranger named Smallpox, dressed in a black suit and high hat.