Health and the Rise of Civilization by Mark Nathan Cohen

Health and the Rise of Civilization

Mark Nathan Cohen

296 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction health history challenging informative slow-paced
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Civilized nations popularly assume that “primitive” societies are poor, ill, and malnourished and that progress through civilization automatically implies improved health.  In this provocative book, Mark Nathan Cohen challenges this belief.  Using...

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