Smallpox and Epidemic Threat in Nineteenth-Century Xhosaland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2137585 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Offenburger (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-182 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00020180802242533 |
| OpenAlex | W2134437001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
The most significant advance to date in the historiography of the Xhosa Cattle-Killing connects the slaughter of cattle with lungsickness. In The Dead Will Arise, Jeff Peires (1989) established the
Ancient history · Smallpox · Vaccination · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Medicine · Travel Writing and Literature · Virology
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Soft’ Believers and ‘Hard’ Unbelievers in the Xhosa Cattle-Killing
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |