41. Pandemic & Its Discontents w/Elise Mitchell - Left POCket Project Podcast

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In this episode, we speak with historian and researcher Elise Mitchell about pandemics in history, their impact on marginalized populations - particularly the enslaved - and the linkages to the social impact of the current COVID-19 crisis. --- Readings & Resources Elise Mitchell - "The Shortages May Be Worse Than the Disease - Humanity's Long History of Making Epidemics Worse" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/humanitys-long-history-of-making-epidemics-worse/607780/ Dayle B. DeLancey - "Vaccinating Freedom: Smallpox Prevention and the Discourses of African American Citizenship in Antebellum Philadelphia" https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.5323/jafriamerhist.95.3-4.0296 Ida Altman - "The Revolt of Enriquillo and the Historiography of Early Spanish America" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/americas/article/revolt-of-enriquillo-and-the-historiography-of-early-spanish-america/AE46A808BFFB70C9DCE84F276821E650 ---- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCT60v3qYO7Bj0R1XbUZct5Q Support: patreon.com/leftpoc