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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814025303321

Titolo

The Xavante in transition : health, ecology, and bioanthropology in central Brazil / / Carlos E.A. Coimbra Jr. ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-94028-7

9786612940286

0-472-02651-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Linking levels of analysis

Altri autori (Persone)

Coimbra JuniorCarlos Everaldo Alvares <1959->

Disciplina

306/.089/984

Soggetti

Xavante Indians - Population

Xavante Indians - Health and hygiene

Xavante Indians - Anthropometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-331) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""