Colonial dis-ease: us navy health policies and the chamorros of guam, 1898-1941
Auteur :
Hattori, Anne Perez
Éditeur :
University of Hawai'i Press
ISBN :
9780824894160
Date de publication :
30 juin 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
272 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines early twentieth-century US military colonialism through the lens of Western medicine and its cultural impact on the Chamorro people. Anne Perez Hattori considers the histories of Chamorro leprosy patients exiled to Culion Leper Colony in the Philippines, hookworm programs for children, and the regulation of native midwives and nurses.