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Book Title
The Gifts of Civilization
Publication Name
The Gifts of Civilization
Title
The Gifts of Civilization
Author
O. A. Bushnell
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9780824814571
ISBN
9780824814571
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Genre
Medical, History, Social Science
Release Year
1993
Release Date
28/02/1993
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Weight
20 oz
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Item Length
9in
Topic
Sociology / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History, Oceania
Item Width
6in
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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In 1778 Captain James Cook made his first visit to the Hawaiian Islands. The members of his expedition and subsequent visitors brought to the previously isolated Hawaiian people new things, novel ideas, and, of greatest consequence, devastating alien germs. The infectious diseases introduced since 1778 have claimed more Hawaiian lives than all other causes of death combined. During their long isolation in space and time, Hawaiians had not been exposed to the many microbes that afflicted populations in other parts of the world. They had developed no immunity to those germs and gained no experiences to enable them to endure the sicknesses the newly introduced germs caused. That terrible vulnerability to foreigners' diseases has almost destroyed Hawaiian society and culture. The nine essays in this collection discuss the impact of these "gifts of civilization" upon the native Hawaiian people and upon the social history of Hawai'i. Dr. Bushnell constructs a concise historical framework, including an examination of the native medical profession, and interprets the few facts known about it in light of present knowledge in the medical sciences. He presents information, opinions, and conclusions harvested from many years of thinking about the fate of native Hawaiian people, studying all the relevant documents, and writing about this and related subjects.

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
ISBN-10
0824814576
ISBN-13
9780824814571
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Author
O. A. Bushnell
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History, Oceania
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Genre
Medical, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20 oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ra448.5.H38.B87 1993
Publication Name
Gifts of Civilization : Germs and Genocide in Hawaii
Copyright Date
1993
Lccn
92-040415
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional

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  • In a Historical Hawaiian Content

    The book provides information taken from many 1st, 2nd, 3rd source writers. Discount "shoals of time", which is very much fictional, and you have lots of eye opening materials for Hawaiian history students, and readers.

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