Fighting Invisible Enemies: Health and Medical Transitions among Southern California Indians

Author:   Clifford E. Trafzer
Publisher:   University of Oklahoma Press
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9780806162867


Pages:   392
Publication Date:   30 May 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Clifford E. Trafzer
Publisher:   University of Oklahoma Press
Imprint:   University of Oklahoma Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780806162867


ISBN 10:   0806162864
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   30 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Unique in its approach, thorough in its research, and clear in its presentation, Fighting Invisible Enemies elevates the subject of Indian health to its rightful place in the historiography of California Indians. - George Harwood Phillips, author of Chiefs and Challengers: Indian Resistance and Cooperation in Southern California, 1769 - 1906 This remarkable and insightful story of survival provides a deep understanding of indigenous belief systems. Fighting Invisible Enemies will be a leading book in the field of Indian health. - Donald L. Fixico, author of Call for Change: The Medicine Way of American Indian History, Ethos, and Reality A fascinating picture of how Southern California Indians have skillfully incorporated Western medicine while maintaining traditional spiritual and holistic practices and beliefs. Highly recommended for all students of Native history, cultural studies, and the history of medicine. - Donna Akers, author of Culture and Customs of the Choctaw People


A fascinating picture of how Southern California Indians have skillfully incorporated Western medicine while maintaining traditional spiritual and holistic practices and beliefs. Highly recommended for all students of Native history, cultural studies, and the history of medicine. --Donna Akers, author of Culture and Customs of the Choctaw People This remarkable and insightful story of survival provides a deep understanding of indigenous belief systems. Fighting Invisible Enemies will be a leading book in the field of Indian health. --Donald L. Fixico, author of Call for Change: The Medicine Way of American Indian History, Ethos, and Reality. Unique in its approach, thorough in its research, and clear in its presentation, Fighting Invisible Enemies elevates the subject of Indian health to its rightful place in the historiography of California Indians. --George Harwood Phillips, author of Chiefs and Challengers: Indian Resistance and Cooperation in Southern California, 1769-1906


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Clifford E. Trafzer, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside, is the author or editor of numerous books, including Death Stalks the Yakama: Epidemiological Transitions and Mortality on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1888-1964 and A Chemehuevi Song: The Resilience of a Southern Paiute Tribe. The Western History Association has conferred on Trafzer the American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award.

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