The Xavante in Transition : Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil.

The Xavánte in Transition presents a diachronic view of the long and complex interaction between the Xavánte, an Indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, and the surrounding nation, documenting the effects of this interaction on Xavánte health, ecology, and biology. A powerful example of how a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Flowers, Nancy M. (Autor), Salzano, Francisco M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2010.
Colección:Human-environment interactions.
Temas:
Xavante Indians > Population.
Xavante Indians > Health and hygiene.
Xavante Indians > Anthropometry.
Chavante > Population.
Chavante > Santé et hygiène.
Chavante > Anthropométrie.
Xavante Indians > Anthropometry
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Foreword
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Guide to Pronunciation of Xav225;nte Words
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Geographical and Social Setting
  • 3. History: Confrontations and Connections
  • 4. Biological Variability and Continuity
  • 5. Demographic Crisis and Recovery
  • 6. Subsistence, Ecology, and the Development Trap
  • 7. Health Services and Unmet Needs
  • 8. The Burden of Infectious Disease
  • 9. The Emergence of New Diseases
  • 10. The Xav225;nte in Transition
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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