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Sharks upon the Land: Colonialism, Indigenous Health, and Culture in Hawai’i, 1778–1855

by Seth Archer

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, risi

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781316626603