Health Consequences of Modernisatn: Evidence from Circumpolar Peoples - Brossura

Shephard, Roy J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521065569 ISBN 13: 9780521065566

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Investigates the health consequences of switching from an active 'hunter-gatherer' lifestyle to that of sedentary modern living.

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Recensione

"The book is clearly written and well referenced, with numerous tables and charts used to display the biological data. Of interest to historians of science as well as human biologists and anthropologists." Choice

"...the authors have a fine and subtle feel for the arctic. Their constant flashes of cultural insight do a lot to enligten the dense biological data. I am asking my own graduate students to use this book as one model of how to conceptualize anthropologically informed human biology." A. Theodore Steegmann Jr., American Anthropologist

"The book's strength in physiological topics reflects the authors' background and experience. Moreover, there is much in this book that is useful for any health care practitioner and researcher with an interest in the North. It is a convenient, single-source introduction to the Inuit and their health status, with a comprehensive bibliography." Transcultural Psychiatry

Descrizione del libro

The transition from an active hunter-gatherer lifestyle to that of a 'modern' urbanzsed lifestyle brings with it many consequences for health and fitness. In this volume, this transition is examined in circumpolar populations, where change has been rapid and extensive in the last thirty years.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521065569
• ISBN 13: 9780521065566
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 324
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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