This book is based upon a series of historical and contemporary comparative studies of the disease experience of indigenous peoples in North America and Oceania as a result of their contact with, and domination by, Europeans. It argues that this experience, while similar in ,any ways, has been highly variable, the variations depending upon the nature of the Europeans and the policies they pursued, as well as on the culture and social organisation of the indigenous peoplesthemselves.
Natural History and Local History; Death in the Fourth World; Historical and Contemporary Mortality Patterns in Polynesia; Settler Capitalism and the State in Australia; The Impact of Socio-Cultural Differences on Health; The Health Consequences of Modernization; Conclusions; Appendix 2-1. The Size and Definition of Indigenous Populations; Appendix 3-1. Estimates of Various Polynesian Populations:: 1790s-1980s; Appendix 6-1. Data and Methods for Regional Analyses;
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