Product Description
Societies in transition are often faced with new settings and/or new diseases that require a response in order for the affected group to thrive or survive. A lack of effective response by a transitional population to a new pathogen can lead to the group's disintegration. In a broad selection of 19 essays by distinguished researchers, the epidemiology and health status of prehistoric, historical, and present day populations in transition are thoroughly explored. Different models--biomedical, ethnomedical, ecological, and politicoeconomic--are used to illustrate the effects of transition on the health of human populations throughout the world.
About the Author
ALAN C. SWEDLUND is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
GEORGE J. ARMELAGOS is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
