Sharks upon the land Elektronische Ressource : colonialism, indigenous health, and culture in Hawai'i, 1778-1855 / Seth Archer, Utah State University
- Author
- Archer, Seth, 1974-
- Published
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Physical Description
- 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 285 pages) : PDF file(s).
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- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I ENCOUNTERS -- 1.Pox Hawaiiana -- 2.Sex and Conquest -- pt. II REVOLUTIONS -- 3.The Dark Ocean -- 4.Throwing Away the Gods -- pt. III ACCOMMODATIONS -- 5.Great Fatalism -- 6.The Wasting Hand.
- Summary
- Historian Seth Archer traces the cultural impact of disease and health problems in the Hawaiian Islands from the arrival of Europeans to 1855. Colonialism in Hawaiʻi began with epidemiological incursions, and Archer argues that health remained the national crisis of the islands for more than a century. Introduced diseases resulted in reduced life spans, rising infertility and infant mortality, and persistent poor health for generations of Islanders, leaving a deep imprint on Hawaiian culture and national consciousness. Scholars have noted the role of epidemics in the depopulation of Hawaiʻi and broader Oceania, yet few have considered the interplay between colonialism, health, and culture - including Native religion, medicine, and gender. This study emphasizes Islanders' own ideas about, and responses to, health challenges on the local level. Ultimately, Hawaiʻi provides a case study for health and culture change among Indigenous populations across the Americas and the Pacific
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- ISBN
- 9781316795934
1316795934
9781316626603
1316626601
9781316805756 - Note
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