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100 1 $aKunitz, Stephen J.
245 10 $aDisease and social diversity :$bthe European
impact on the health of non-Europeans /$cStephen J. Kunitz.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1994.
300 $aviii, 209 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Natural History and Local History -- 2. Death
in the Fourth World -- 3. Historical and Contemporary
Mortality Patterns in Polynesia -- 4. Settler Capitalism and
the State in Australia -- 5. The Impact of Sociocultural
Differences on Health / Stephen J. Kunitz and Jerrold E.
Levy -- 6. The Health Consequences of Modernization /
Stephen J. Kunitz and Jerrold E. Levy -- 7. Conclusion --
Appendix 2-1. The Size and Definition of Indigenous
Populations -- Appendix 3-1. Estimates of Various Polynesian
Populations, 1790s to 1980s -- Appendix 6-1. Data and
Methods for Regional Analyses.
520 $aThis exploratory work examines the impact of
European contact on the health of indigenous peoples of
North America, Polynesia and Australia. The significant
findings reveal that effects were widely varied, depending
on the specific policies of the Europeans and on the culture
and social organization of the indigenous peoples
themselves. In this unique volume, Kunitz argues that in
order to understand diseases in populations, it is first
necessary to recognize the social, political, and cultural
context as well as the biology of the disease. He
demonstrates how local, historical knowledge of time and
place is crucial to comprehending the morbidity and
mortality of each disease. Case studies are used to
illustrate such points as the importance of macro-social
institutional forces, such as federalism, as well as
micro-social forces, such as gender status in particular
societies.
520 8 $aPublic health specialists, epidemiologists,
medical anthropologists, sociologists, and physicians are
sure to gain insight from the theory and evidence presented
in this well-researched work.
650 0 $aEpidemiology$zOceania$xHistory.
650 0 $aEpidemiology$zNorth America$xHistory.
650 0 $aIndigenous peoples$xHealth and hygiene$zOceania.
650 0 $aIndigenous peoples$xHealth and hygiene$zNorth
America.
650 0 $aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with
Westerners$xHealth aspects$zOceania.
650 0 $aFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with
Westerners$xHealth aspects$zNorth America.
650 0 $aCross-cultural studies.
650 2 $aDisease Outbreaks$zNorth America.
650 2 $aDisease Outbreaks$zPacific Islands.
650 2 $aCross-Cultural Comparison.
