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Bushnell, O. A.

The Gifts of Civilization : Germs and Genocide in Hawaii / O. A. Bushnell. - 1 online resource (352 p.)

Frontmatter -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- ONE. Life and the Land -- TWO. Two Unprovable Hypotheses -- THREE. The Native Medical Profession -- FOUR. Kähuna Lapa'au After 1778 -- FIVE. 1778: An End, and a Beginning -- SIX. Exploration and Exploitation: 1786-1825 -- SEVEN. The Time of Troubles -- EIGHT. The Time of Dying -- NINE. Many Who Came Have Vanished -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index

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In nine essays, Bushnell discusses the profound and various impacts on a long isolated people of infectious diseases brought by Captain James Cook in 1778 and subsequent visitors.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780824841799

Standard No.: 10.1515/9780824841799 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hawaiians--Diseases.
Hawaiians--First contact with Europeans.
Hawaiians--Health and hygiene--History--18th century.
Hawaiians--Health and hygiene--History--19th century.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY).

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1/089994