{"product_id":"miraculous-plagues-cristobal-silva-9780190272401","title":"Miraculous Plagues: An Epidemiology of Early New England Narrative","description":"In the summer of 1629, John Winthrop described a series of epidemics that devastated Native American populations along the eastern seaboard of New England as a \"miraculous plague.\" Winthrop was struck by the providential nature of these waves of disease, which contributed neatly to the settlers' justifications for colonial expansion. Taking Winthrop's phrase as its cornerstone, \u003cem\u003eMiraculous Plagues \u003c\/em\u003ereimagines New England's literary history by tracing seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century epidemics alongside events including early migration, the Antinomian controversy, the evolution of the halfway covenant and jeremiad, and Boston's 1721 inoculation controversy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving beyond familiar histories of New World epidemics (often referred to as the \"virgin soil\" model), Cristobal Silva identifies epidemiology as a generic category with specialized forms and conventions. Epidemiology functions as both subject and method in Silva's argument, as he details narratives that represent modes of infection, population distribution, and immunity. He considers how regional and generational patterns of illness affected the perception of communal identity, and he analyzes the translation of epidemic events into narrative and generic terms, providing scholars a new way to conceptualize the relationship between immunology and ideology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClosing with a discussion of the HIV\/AIDS epidemic, \u003cem\u003eMiraculous Plagues \u003c\/em\u003eunderscores the portability of its insights into the geopolitics of medicine. Just as epidemiology aided in transforming colonial America, it continues to influence questions of geography, community, and identity that are bound up in global health practices today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cristobal Silva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190272406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190272401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Cristobal Silva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054616899839,"sku":"9780190272401","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba16ec62-d42f-426f-9efb-371366edce53.jpg?v=1685030987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/miraculous-plagues-cristobal-silva-9780190272401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}