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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Human-Environment Interactions SeriesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (377 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472026517
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Xavante in TransitionDDC classification:
  • 306/.089/984
LOC classification:
  • F2520
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Guide to Pronunciation of Xavánte 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 Xavánte in Transition -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Illuminates the experience of a small-scale culture with large-scale change.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Guide to Pronunciation of Xavánte 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 Xavánte in Transition -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Illuminates the experience of a small-scale culture with large-scale change.

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