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The Human Biology of the English Village

Geoffrey Ainsworth HarrisonGabriel Ward Lasker

出版	Oxford University Press, 1995
主題	History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralScience / GeneralScience / Life Sciences / BiologySocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / PhysicalSocial Science / Demography
ISBN	01985760059780198576006
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JPwMAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This book provides a detailed account of many aspects of the human biology of a group of villages in the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire, which were studied over a fifteen year period. First, the historical demography of the region was reconstructed using its excellent parish records this enabledchanging patterns of population size, fertilityc mortality, movement and migration to be documented, and predictions to be made about current genetic structure. These predictions were tested by studies of the biological variety in the present day populations which measured gene frequencydistributions and a number of anthropometric and psychometric traits. The role of these latter characteristics in influencing such phenomens as marriage and social mobility, were also analysed. Further studies examined the healt and well-being of today's inhabitants in which lifestylecharacteristics are described and their possible effects on stress levels, sleep patterns, and morbidity histories identified. The book thus provides a unique account of life in an English village from a biological point of view.