Migration and Health in a Small Society: The Case of Tokelau

by Judith Huntsman, Wessen, Anthony Hooper, et al.

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198542623
• ISBN13: 9780198542629
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 193.00 lbs.