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The Xavante in Transition: Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil

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Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr. is Professor of Medical Anthropology at the National School of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro.Nancy M. Flowers is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College. Francisco M. Salzano is Emeritus Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ricardo V. Santos is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the National School of Public Health and at the National Museum IUFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.

Author(s): Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Nancy M. Flowers, Francisco M. Salzano, Ricardo V. Santos
Series: Human-Environment Interactions
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Year: 2002

Language: English
Pages: 377

Contents......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 12
List of Tables......Page 16
Foreword......Page 20
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 22
List of Abbreviations......Page 28
Guide to Pronunciation of Xavánte Words......Page 32
1. Introduction......Page 34
2. Geographical and Social Setting......Page 50
3. History: Confrontations and Connections......Page 82
4. Biological Variability and Continuity......Page 128
5. Demographic Crisis and Recovery......Page 153
6. Subsistence, Ecology, and the Development Trap......Page 184
7. Health Services and Unmet Needs......Page 225
8. The Burden of Infectious Disease......Page 235
9. The Emergence of New Diseases......Page 276
10. The Xavánte in Transition......Page 301
Notes......Page 308
References......Page 326
Index......Page 366