{"product_id":"9783030270001","title":"Culture, Environment and Health in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Human Ecology Perspective","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCulture, Environment and Health in the Yucatan Peninsula: A Human Ecology Perspective\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAzcorra, Hugo; Dickinson, Federico\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book adopts a human ecology approach to present an overview of the biological responses to social, political, economic, cultural and environmental changes that affected human populations in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, since the Classic Maya Period. Human bodies express social relations, and we can read these relations by analyzing biological tissues or systems, and by measuring certain phenotypical traits at the population level. Departing from this theoretical premise, the contributors to this volume analyze the interactions between ecosystems, sociocultural systems and human biology in a specific geographic region to show how changes in sociocultural and natural environment affect the health of a population over time.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited volume brings together contributions from a range of different scientific disciplines – such as biological anthropology, bioarchaeology, human biology, nutrition, epidemiology, ecotoxicology, political economy, sociology and ecology – that analyze the interactions between culture, environment and health in different domains of human life, such as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe political ecology of food, nutrition and health\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImpacts of social and economic changes in children’s diet and women’s fertility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiological consequences of social vulnerability in urban areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImpacts of toxic contamination of natural resources on human health\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEcological and sociocultural determinants of infectious diseases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulture, Environment and Health in the Yucatan Peninsula – A Human Ecology Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to researchers from the social, health and life sciences dedicated to the study of the interactions between natural environments, human biology, health and social issues, especially in fields such as biological and sociocultural anthropology, health promotion and environmental health. It will also be a useful tool to health professionals and public agents responsible for designing and applying public health policies in contexts of social vulnerability.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-12-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030270001\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-27001-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 336\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44809575071884,"sku":"9783030270001","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030270001_741bccb4-3676-449a-83e9-4d97689e40ec.jpg?v=1776039512","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030270001","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}