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This book concerns the development of institutional medicine, medical practice and health care during the initial colonisation and later colonial rule of Papua New Guinea. It discusses the relationship between public health and the medical profession and colonial bureaucracy, and also analyses the profession’s social and technical ideas which determined the kinds of health policies and programmes attempted. The first part describes the era of tropical medicine which predominated at the turn of the century and survived until the 1950s. The second part investigates the transformation of tropical medicine by the introduction of new drugs and the curative campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s, and thereafter discusses the emergence of a new medical strategy known as ‘primary health care’. This original, comparative study will be of value not only to anthropologists and historians of tropical medicine but also to historians of colonialism and its effects on public health care.
This book challenges the conventional view of Japanese society as being monocultural and homogenous. Unique for its historical breadth and interdisciplinary orientation, this study extends from the prehistoric phase to the present. It challenges the notion that Japan's monoculture is being challenged only because of internationalism, arguing that cultural diversity has always existed in Japan. It is a provocative discussion of identity politics around the question of "Japaneseness". The paperback edition has a new epilogue.
This history presents an authoritative and comprehensive
introduction to the experiences of Pacific islanders from their
first settlement of the islands to the present day. It addresses
the question of insularity and explores islanders' experiences
thematically, covering such topics as early settlement, contact
with Europeans, colonialism, politics, commerce, nuclear testing,
tradition, ideology, and the role of women. It incorporates
material on the Maori, the Irianese in western New Guinea, the
settled immigrant communities in Fiji, New Caledonia and the
Hawaiian monarchy and follows migrants to New Zealand, Australia
and North America.
A history of the Panguna copper mine in Bougainville, Papua New
Guinea. The mine stood at the center of multiple crises during the
country's struggle for independence from Australia.
This book concerns the development of institutional medicine,
medical practice and health care during the initial colonisation
and later colonial rule of Papua New Guinea. It discusses the
relationship between public health and the medical profession and
colonial bureaucracy, and also analyses the profession's social and
technical ideas which determined the kinds of health policies and
programmes attempted. The first part describes the era of tropical
medicine which predominated at the turn of the century and survived
until the 1950s. The second part investigates the transformation of
tropical medicine by the introduction of new drugs and the curative
campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s, and thereafter discusses the
emergence of a new medical strategy known as 'primary health care'.
This original, comparative study will be of value not only to
anthropologists and historians of tropical medicine but also to
historians of colonialism and its effects on public health care.
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