An anthropological study of the origins of agriculture in both the Old World and the New World, based upon archeological findings.

The Food Crisis in Prehistory: Overpopulation and the Origins of Agriculture

Business & Money

Cohen, Professor Mark Nathan

Industries

Yale University Press

In this book, the author challenges the popular assumption that "primitive" societies are poor, ill, and malnourished, and that progress through civiliztion automatically implies improved health. Cohen reviews the major prehistoric social and technological transformations that resulted in the emergence of civilization, and evaluates the impact of these transformations on health and nutrition through the ages. Using findings from epidemiology, anthropology, and archaeology, Cohen provides evidence about the actual effects of civilization on health, concluding that primitive populations, whether in prehistory or in the modern world, have surprisingly successful health records compared to many prehistoric and historic civilizations and to some populations of the modern Third World. He argues that some aspects of "progress" create as many health problems as they prevent or cure.

Health and the Rise of Civilization

Medical Books

Administration & Medicine Economics

This timely book challenges the notion that any one group of people is "naturally" inferior to any other. Anthropologist Mark Cohen argues that "races" do not exist, that few biological traits actually correlate with the color of one`s skin, and that definitions of intelligence, IQ tests, and hiring practices contain many more cultural biases than we recognize.

Culture of Intolerance: Chauvinism, Class, and Racism in the United States

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

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