
Patterns of Human Growth
Barry Bogin(Author)
Cambridge University Press
3rd Edition
Published on 19. November 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
590 pages
978-1-108-43448-5 (ISBN)
Description
This completely revised edition provides a synthesis of the forces that shaped the evolution of the human growth pattern, the biocultural factors that direct its expression, the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that regulate individual development, and the biomathematical approaches needed to analyze and interpret human growth. After covering the history, philosophy and biological principles of human development, the book turns to the evolution of the human life cycle. Later chapters explore the physiological, environmental and cultural reasons for population variation in growth, and the genetic and endocrine factors that regulate individual development. Using numerous historical and cultural examples, social-economic-political-economic forces are also discussed. A new chapter introduces controversial concepts of community effects and strategic growth adjustments, and the author then integrates all this information into a truly interactive biocultural model of human development. This remains the primary text for students of human growth in anthropology, psychology, public health and education.
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Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1142 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-43448-5 (9781108434485)
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Barry Bogin
Patterns of Human Growth
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3rd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Barry Bogin
Patterns of Human Growth
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05/1999
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Person
Barry Bogin is Professor Emeritus of Biological Anthropology, Loughborough University, and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Dearborn. He has expertise in human physical growth and development, nutritional ecology, evolutionary biology, Maya people, and human adaptation. The focus of his research is to explain how social, economic, political and emotional forces influence human physical development. He has authored more than 130 books, articles, book chapters and popular essays.
Content
Introduction; 1. Background to the study of human growth; 2. Basic principles of human growth; 3. The evolution of human growth; 4. Evolution of the human life cycle; 5. Growth variation in living human populations; 6. Genetic and neuroendocrine regulation of human growth; 7. What makes people grow? Love, hope, community effects, and strategic growth in the context of environmental factors influencing human development; 8. A biocultural view of human growth; Glossary; References; Index.