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Item Details
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MIGRATION AND HEALTH IN A SMALL SOCIETY
THE CASE OF TOKELAU |
| By: |
Antony Hooper, Judith Huntsman, Ian A. M. Prior |
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Hardback |
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£102.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198542623 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198542629 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
14 May, 1992 |
| Series: |
Research Monographs in Human Population Biology 8 |
| Pages: |
460 |
| Description: |
Migration is an important way in which people cope with the challenges and opportunities associated with change in the Third World. How has change affected the `Pacific paradise' in which South Sea Islanders live? How did the Tokelauans who migrated to the urban life of New Zealand adapt to the changed conditions of their new life? How have these changes affected the health of this small Polynesian population? This interdisciplinary case study suggests answers tothese questions which may be applied to many other populations. |
| Synopsis: |
Between 1965 and 1975, a large proportion of the population of Tokelau, a group of three tiny isolated atolls in the tropical South Pacific, migrated to New Zealand, where they became part of a cosmopolitan urban society. By 1985, two-thirds of all Tokelauans lived in New Zealand. This book traces the experience of the Tokelauans, both migrant and non-migrant, during the period 1965-85. The analysis is interdisciplinary, drawing upon historical, ethnographic, sociological, and epidemiological materials. Topics discussed include the ecology and history of Tokelau, the nature of Tokelauan culture and society, the problems of adaptation faced by migrants to New Zealand and their efforts to develop a viable Tokelauan community there, the impact of modernizing influences upon atoll society, changes in the health status of both migrant and non-migrant Tokelauans, and their relationship of social change to the health of the population. Special attention is paid to the hypothesis that the migrants' adaptation to modern urban society would lead to increased incidence of such chronic conditions as hypertension, coronary heart disease, asthma, and diabetes. |
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line figures, tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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