Colonial dis-ease : US Navy health policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898-1941 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hattori, Anne Perez
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Honolulo : Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai'i Press, [2004]
Series:	Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 19.
Subjects:	United States. > Navy. Public health > Guam > History > 20th century. Medical policy > Guam > History > 20th century. Imperialism > Health aspects > Guam > History > 20th century. Chamorro (Micronesian people) > Health and hygiene > Guam > History > 20th century. Health Policy > history. Military Hygiene. Colonialism. Government Agencies. History, 20th Century. Military Medicine. Oceanic Ancestry Group. Guam. Gezondheidszorg. Chamorro. Zeemacht. Marine. Gesundheitspolitik. USA.

Table of Contents:

1. Sanitary confinement : Guam and the US Navy, 1898-1941
2. "We have taught Guam to wash her face" : the US naval government and western medicine on Guam
3. "They were treated like animals in a parade" : fear and loathing of Hansen's disease on Guam
4. Feminine hygiene : the US Navy, Chamorro maternity, and gender relations in Colonial Guam
5. "The cry of the little people" : the Susana Hospital and Guam's women and children
6. Hookworm and hygiene: Chamorro children and the clinical gaze
7. Conclusion : colonial dis-ease on Guam, 1898-1941
Glossary of Chamorro language terms.