Inventing the thrifty gene : the science of settler colonialism /

"Though First Nations communities in Canada have historically lacked access to clean water, affordable food, and equitable healthcare, they have never lacked access to well-funded scientists seeking to study them. Inventing the Thrifty Gene examines the relationship between science and settler...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hay, Travis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Canada > Public opinion.
Indigenous peoples > Research > Canada > History.
Science > Social aspects > Canada > History.
Indigenous peoples > Canada > Social conditions.
Indigenous peoples > Health and hygiene > Canada.
Peuples autochtones > Canada > Opinion publique.
Sciences > Aspect social > Canada > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Indigenous peoples > Health and hygiene.
Indigenous peoples > Public opinion.
Indigenous peoples > Research.
Indigenous peoples > Social conditions.
Race relations.
Science > Social aspects.
Canada > Race relations > History.
Canada > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Canada.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Underserviced and Overstudied
  • On the Origins of Thrifty Genes: Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle
  • Operation of Being Civilized: Sir Francis Bond Head and the Foundation of Federal Indian Policy
  • Studied to Death: Chief Medical Officers and the Scientization of Federal Indian Policy
  • Marrow Thief: James v. Neel and the Invention of the Thrifty Gene
  • Chief Josias Fiddler: Remembering the Hunger Strike of '88
  • Return of the Thrifty Gene: From the DNA Deal to Its Curious Afterlife
  • CONCLUSION
  • Grandfather Rocks of Josias Fiddler
  • AFTERWORD
  • Josias Fiddler's Life and Legacy / Teri Redsky Fiddler.

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