Their Number Become Thinned: Native American Population Dynamics in Eastern North America (Native American historic demography series)

DOBYNS, H. F.: THEIR NUMBER BECOME THINNED. NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION DYNAMICS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. KNOXVILLE, TN, 1983, xvii 378 p. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. Frontmatter Acknowledgments (page xvii) Introduction (page 3) Essay One: Widowing the Coveted Land (page 7) Essay Two: Population of the Native American Paradise Lost (page 33) Essay Three: The Food Resource Potential of Florida under Aboriginal Native American Management (page 47) Essay Four: Timucuan Population in the 1560s (page 147) Essay Five: Reassessment of Timucuan Sedentarism (page 213) Essay Six: An Outline of Florida Epidemiology (page 247) Essay Seven: Depopulation as a Dynamic of Cultural Change (page 297) Bibliography (page 345) Index (page 370) By Henry F. Dobyns, Including An Essay With William R. Swagerty As Co-author. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 345-369. Essays on the decline of American Indians from disease, assimilation, starvation and U.S. policies