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The healthy country : a history of life & death in New Zealand / Alistair Woodward & Tony Blakely.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, NZ : Auckland University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: x, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1869408136
  • 9781869408138
Other title:
  • Healthy country : a history of life and death in New Zealand
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 993 23
LOC classification:
  • DU420
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Before Cook: the long history of human longevity -- 2. Maori Majority: the first hundred years after Cook -- 3. 'The healthiest on the face of the globe': Non-Maori from 1860-1940 -- 4. Decline and recovery: Maori from 1960 to 1940 -- 5. Post-World War II: convergence -- 6. Mortality divergence: 1980-2010 -- 7. Summing up, looking forward -- Conclusion.
Summary: "In this book, Alistair Woodward and Tony Blakely tell the extraordinary story of life and death in Aotearoa New Zealand from first Māori settlement to the twenty-first century. Did Maori or Europeans live longer in 1769? How did Pākehā New Zealanders become the healthiest, longest lived people on the face of the globe - and why did Māori not enjoy the same life expectancy? Why was New Zealanders' health and longevity surpassed by other nations in the late twentieth century? Through quantitative analysis, presented in accessible graphics and lively text, the authors answer these questions by analysing the impact of nutrition and disease, immigration and unemployment, alcohol and obesity, medicine and vaccination. The result is a powerful argument about how we live and why we die in this country (and what we might do about it). The Healthy Country? is a decisive contribution to current debates about health, disease and medicine - and important reading for anyone interested in the story of New Zealanders."--Publisher's website.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 993 WOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A557612B
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. Before Cook: the long history of human longevity -- 2. Maori Majority: the first hundred years after Cook -- 3. 'The healthiest on the face of the globe': Non-Maori from 1860-1940 -- 4. Decline and recovery: Maori from 1960 to 1940 -- 5. Post-World War II: convergence -- 6. Mortality divergence: 1980-2010 -- 7. Summing up, looking forward -- Conclusion.

"In this book, Alistair Woodward and Tony Blakely tell the extraordinary story of life and death in Aotearoa New Zealand from first Māori settlement to the twenty-first century. Did Maori or Europeans live longer in 1769? How did Pākehā New Zealanders become the healthiest, longest lived people on the face of the globe - and why did Māori not enjoy the same life expectancy? Why was New Zealanders' health and longevity surpassed by other nations in the late twentieth century? Through quantitative analysis, presented in accessible graphics and lively text, the authors answer these questions by analysing the impact of nutrition and disease, immigration and unemployment, alcohol and obesity, medicine and vaccination. The result is a powerful argument about how we live and why we die in this country (and what we might do about it). The Healthy Country? is a decisive contribution to current debates about health, disease and medicine - and important reading for anyone interested in the story of New Zealanders."--Publisher's website.

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