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

• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.089/984
• Soggetto topico: Xavante Indians - Population; Xavante Indians - Health and hygiene; Xavante Indians - Anthropometry
• Altri autori: Coimbra JuniorCarlos Everaldo Alvares <1959->
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: The Xavante in transition
• ISBN: 1-282-94028-7; 9786612940286; 0-472-02651-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814025303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linking levels of analysis.