The Gifts of Civilization : : Germs and Genocide in Hawaii / / O. A. Bushnell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Bushnell, O. A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; ABOUT THE AUTHOR --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; ONE. Life and the Land --; TWO. Two Unprovable Hypotheses --; THREE. The Native Medical Profession --; FOUR. Kähuna Lapa'au After 1778 --; FIVE. 1778: An End, and a Beginning --; SIX. Exploration and Exploitation: 1786-1825 --; SEVEN. The Time of Troubles --; EIGHT. The Time of Dying --; NINE. Many Who Came Have Vanished --; Notes --; Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824841799; 9783110564150
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824841799
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: O. A. Bushnell.

In nine essays, Bushnell discusses the profound and various impacts on a long isolated people of infectious diseases brought by Captain James Cook in 1778 and subsequent visitors.