Health and the rise of civilization /

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, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Mark Nathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1989]
Temas:
Social medicine.
Health.
Civilization.
Paleopathology.
Civilization
Communicable Diseases > history
Food Supply > history
Health Status
Paleopathology
Sociology, Medical
Health
Social Medicine
Médecine sociale.
Santé.
Civilisation.
Paléopathologie.
Sociologie médicale.
health.
civilization.
HISTORY > General.
Cultuur.
Gezondheid.
Maladies > Aspect social.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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