About this title: 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 ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780300040067ISBN:0300040067
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover; Good condition; ex-library with usual markings; myler covering; (Shelf C13); 285pp; "The author provides fascinating evidence about the actual effects of civilization on health. He argues that patterns of health and disease have changed in response to the development of civilization"; read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Yale University
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780300040067ISBN:0300040067
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Black cloth, gilt lettering. The authors blurb with photo has been cut from the dustjacket & taped to rear pastedown. Notes, bibliography, index, 285 pp. Text clean & tight. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780300050233ISBN:0300050232
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Shipping upgrade! ! Order processed within minutes of your purchase! In business since 1975. Book Looks VG+, but a few pages have light underlines. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 285 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780300040067ISBN:0300040067
Description: Very Good in Fine jacket. Near Fine in Fine jacket Grey illustrated dustjacket. Previous owner's name neatly in ink on front endpaper, else fine. read more
Description: Very Good in very good jacket. 0300040067. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1989]. 1st Edition. x+285+[1]pp. Dark gray cloth with silver spine lettering. A very good copy in pictorial dust jacket. The author was professor of anthropology at SUNY Plattsburgh. 1 pound 5.0 ounces = 598 grams. 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches = 24 x 16 x 2cm. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Yale University Press (New Haven & London), 1989.
Description: 4th printing. x + 285 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. "Provides fascinating evidence about the actual effects of civilization on health, suggesting that some aspects of 'progress' create as many health problems as they prevent or cure. " Softcover (6" x 9' format). A clean unworn copy. VG. read more
Description: Very Good. 0300050232 front cover corner crease bottom/ light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
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