| Description |
1 online resource (x, 285 pages) |
| Contents |
Images of the "primitive" and the "civilized" -- Behavior and health -- The evolution of human society -- The history of infectious disease -- Changes in the human diet -- Health among contemporary hunter-gatherers -- The evidence of prehistoric skeletons |
| Summary |
Civilized nations popularly assume that "primitive" societies are poor, ill, and malnourished and that progress through civilization automatically implies improved health. In this provocative book, Mark Nathan Cohen challenges this belief. Using findings from epidemiology, anthropology, and archaeology, Cohen provides fascinating evidence about the actual effects of civilization on health, suggesting that some aspects of "progress" create as many health problems as they prevent or cure |
| Bibliography |
Includes chapter notes (pages 143-224), bibliographical references (pages 225-270), and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Social medicine.
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Health.
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Civilization.
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Paleopathology.
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Civilization
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Communicable Diseases -- history
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Food Supply -- history
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Health Status
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Paleopathology
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Sociology, Medical
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Health
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Social Medicine
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health.
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civilization.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Paleopathology
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Civilization
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Health
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Social medicine
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Cultuur.
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Gezondheid.
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Médecine sociale.
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Civilisation.
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Maladies -- Aspect social.
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Santé.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300157246 |
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030015724X |
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