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Shadows in the Valley: A Cultural History of Illness, Death, and Loss in New England, 1840-1916
ISBN: 9781558497207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) How does the experience of sickness, death, and loss change over time? We know that the incidence and virulence of particular diseases have varied from one period to another, as has their medical treatment. But what was it like for the individuals who suffered and died from those illnesses, for the health practitioners and institutions that attended to them, and for the families who buried and mourned them? In Shadows in the Valley, Alan Swedlund addresses these questions by closely examining the history of mortality in several small communities in western Massachusetts from the... How does the experience of sickness, death, and loss change over time? We know that the incidence and virulence of particular diseases have varied ... |
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136,53 zł |
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Beyond Germs: Native Depopulation in North America
ISBN: 9780816535545 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) There is no question that European colonization introduced smallpox, measles, and other infectious diseases to the Americas, causing considerable harm and death to indigenous peoples. But though these diseases were devastating, their impact has been widely exaggerated. Warfare, enslavement, land expropriation, removals, erasure of identity, and other factors undermined Native populations. These factors worked in a deadly cabal with germs to cause epidemics, exacerbate mortality, and curtail population recovery. Beyond Germs: Native Depopulation in North America challenges the...
There is no question that European colonization introduced smallpox, measles, and other infectious diseases to the Americas, causing considerable harm...
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136,53 zł |
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Human Biologists in the Archives: Demography, Health, Nutrition and Genetics in Historical Populations
ISBN: 9780521801041 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This book describes how archival data inform anthropological questions about human biology and health. The authors present a diverse array of human biological evidence from a variety of sources including the archaeological record, medical collections, church records, contemporary health and growth data, and genetic information from the descendants of historical populations. The contributions demonstrate how the analysis of historical documents expands the horizons of research in human biology, extends the longitudinal analysis of microevolutionary and social processes into the present, and...
This book describes how archival data inform anthropological questions about human biology and health. The authors present a diverse array of human bi...
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653,25 zł |