The Xavante in Transition: Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil: Human-Environment Interactions
Autor Carlos E. A. Coimbra, Jr., Nancy M. Flowers, Francisco M. Salzano, Ricardo V. Santosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 mar 2004
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 small-scale society, buffeted by political and economic forces at the national level and beyond, attempts to cope with changing conditions, this study will be important reading for demographers, economists, environmentalists, and public health workers.
". . . an integrated and politically informed anthropology for the new millennium. They show how the local and the regional meet on the ground and under the skin."
--Alan H. Goodman, Professor of Biological Anthropology, Hampshire College
"This volume delivers what it promises. Drawing on twenty-five years of team research, the authors combine history, ethnography and bioanthropology on the cutting edge of science in highly readable form."
--Daniel Gross, Lead Anthropologist, The World Bank
--Daniel Gross, Lead Anthropologist, The World Bank
"No doubt it will serve as a model for future interdisciplinary scholarship. It promises to be highly relevant to policy formulation and implementation of health care programs among small-scale populations in Brazil and elsewhere."
--Laura R. Graham, Professor of Anthropology, University of Iowa
--Laura R. Graham, Professor of Anthropology, University of Iowa
Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr. is Professor of Medical Anthropology at the National School of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro.Nancy M. Flowers is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College. Francisco M. Salzano is Emeritus Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ricardo V. Santos is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the National School of Public Health and at the National Museum IUFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780472030033
ISBN-10: 0472030035
Pagini: 376
Ilustrații: 16 drawings, 29 B&W photographs, 39 tables, 3
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Colecția University of Michigan Press
Seria Human-Environment Interactions
ISBN-10: 0472030035
Pagini: 376
Ilustrații: 16 drawings, 29 B&W photographs, 39 tables, 3
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Colecția University of Michigan Press
Seria Human-Environment Interactions
Notă biografică
Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr. is Professor of Medical Anthropology, National School of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro.
Nancy M.Flowers is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College.
Francisco M. Salzano is Emeritus Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Ricardo V. Santos is Professor of Biological Anthropology, National School of Public Health and at the National Museum IUFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.
Nancy M.Flowers is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College.
Francisco M. Salzano is Emeritus Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Ricardo V. Santos is Professor of Biological Anthropology, National School of Public Health and at the National Museum IUFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.
Descriere
Illuminates the experience of a small-scale culture with large-scale change