BOOKS by Richard H Steckel

The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere more books like this

by Richard H Steckel (Editor), Jerome Carl Rose (Editor)

For the same reasons that explorers of the early twentieth century strove to reach the poles, and their modern counterparts journey to outer space, most people want to visualize the contours of the human experience - the peaks of adaptive success that led to the expansion of civilization, and the troughs in which human presence ebbed. The Backbone ...

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A Population History of North America more books like this

by Michael R Haines (Editor), Richard H Steckel (Editor)

Professors Haines and Steckel bring together leading scholars to present an expansive population history of North America from pre-Columbian times to the present. Covering the populations of Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean, including two essays on the Amerindian population, this volume takes advantage of considerable recent ...

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Health and Welfare During Industrialization more books like this

by Richard H Steckel (Editor), Roderick Floud (Editor)

The 10 essays in this volume consider the standard of living in modern times. Each of the eight chapters examines evidence of health and welfare during and after industrialization in one of eight countries: the United States; Britain; Sweden; the Netherlands; France; Germany; Japan; and Australia. The essays incorporate several indicators of ...

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