This project analyzes twenty one introductory college biology textbooks to assess their presentation of disease as a cultural phenomenon, as well as research in the social sciences, history, enthnohistory, and anthropology to uncover cultural contributors to disease in a population. It uses the example of the depopulation of Native Americans in New England to demonstrate the cultural factors of disease.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Pennellatore, Rachel L.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031108-155026

Advisor

• Smith, Ruth L.

Year

• 2008

Date created

• 2008-03-11

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Humanities & Arts

Rights statement

• In Copyright