
Health and the Rise of Civilization (English, Mark Nathan Cohen)
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Book Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
ISBN-13
9780300050233
ISBN-10
0300050232
Author
Mark Nathan Cohen
About the Book
Civilized nations popularly assume that "primitive" societies are poor, ill, and malnourished and that progress through civilization automatically implies improved health. In this provocative book, Mark Nathan Cohen challenges this belief. Using findings from epidemiology, anthropology, and archaeology, Cohen provides fascinating evidence about the actual effects of civilization on health, suggesting that some aspects of "progress" create as many…
ISBN: 9780300050233
ISBN-13: 9780300050233
ISBN-10: 0300050232
Reader's Guide
What This Book Covers
- ·The period and events at the centre of Health and the Rise of Civilization
- ·Cause-and-effect across the timeline covered
- ·How this connects to the present day
Best Suited For
History students and readers curious about how the past shaped today.
Why It Stands Out
- ·Ships as a genuine physical copy, checked before dispatch
- ·Covered by BookBajar's 15-day return window
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About the Book Civilized nations popularly assume that "primitive" societies are poor, ill, and malnourished and that progress through civilization automatically implies improved health. In this provocative book, Mark Nathan Cohen challenges this belief.
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