Building a New Biocultural Synthesis – Political–Economic Perspectives on Human…

Building a New Biocultural SynthesisPolitical-Economic Perspectives on Human Biology\nAuthor(s): Alan H. Goodman, Thomas Leland Leatherman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472066063, 978-0472066063\nSynopsis\nAnthropology, with its dual emphasis on biology and culture, is--or should be--the discipline most suited to the study of the complex interactions between these aspects of our lives. Unfortunately, since the early decades of this century, biological and cultural anthropology have grown distinct, and a holistic vision of anthropology has suffered. This book brings culture and biology back together in new and refreshing ways. Directly addressing earlier criticisms of biological anthropology, Building a New Biocultural Synthesis concerns how culture and political economy affect human biology--[url] people's nutritional status, the spread of disease, exposure to pollution--and how .