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  • The War Against Epidemics in Colonial Guatemala 1519-1821by Lawrence H. Feldman

    Boson Books 1999; US$ 10.95

    Using colonial tax and census records, scholars think the indigenous population dropped at least 90% in the first 160 years after the European conquest. Mismanagement, drought, famine, flood, earthquakes, and even volcanic eruptions all had their victims but the chief cause of death were none of these. In colonial Guatemala the pests, the epidemics, were the greatest killers. There are many books on medicine in colonial Guatemala. What makes this work different is that it is neither a broad history of the colonial era nor restricted to a single ethnic group or profession. Instead, it seeks to answer the question: What happened when an epidemic struck? Boson Books also offers Motagua Colonial by Lawrence Feldman. For an author bio, photo, and... more...

  • Sport, Health and Drugsby Ivan Waddington

    Spon Press 2000; US$ 59.95

    For the first time a sociological perspective is brought to bear on a topic which has received much previous attention, largely from a medical or physiological perspective. This is a valuable and unique addition to existing literature. more...

  • Science and Racket Sports 2by A. Lees; M. Hughes; T. Reilly; I. Maynard

    Spon Press 1998; US$ 300.00

    The proceedings of the Second World Congress of Science and Racket Sports contain six keynote lectures which provide the latest research on a range of sports science topics as applied to tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton. more...

  • Sports Biomechanicsby Roger Bartlett

    Spon Press 1999; US$ 76.95

    Students who are studying biomechanics in years two and three of their degree and postgraduate students of biomechanics will find this textbook invaluable. more...

  • Biochemical Protozoology As A Basis For Drug Designby Graham H. Coombs; Michael North

    Taylor & Francis 1991; US$ 99.95

    A compilation of articles on protozoological biochemistry which reviews the subject area and offers information on current research. Included in the Topics Covered Are Energy Metabolism Of Anaerobic Parasitic Protists, proteinases of African more...

  • Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919by David Killingray; John S. Oxford; Howard Phillips; Terry Ranger

    Routledge 2003; US$ 180.00

    On a global, multidisciplinary scale, the book applies the insights of social and medical sciences to an investigation of the pandemic, covering include the historiography, virology, demographic and its long-term effects. more...

  • Sport, Professionalism and Painby David Howe

    Routledge 2003; US$ 57.95

    This exciting new study explores ethical dilemmas in the relationship between sporting performance, sports medicine and the health of the athlete. more...

  • Drugs in Sportby David Mottram

    Routledge 2003; US$ 77.95

    Drugs in Sport 3rd edition is a fully revised and updated version of the most comprehensive and authoritative text available on the subject. more...

  • Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual, 2by R.G. Eston; T. Reilly

    Spon Press 1995; US$ 150.00

    This manual describes laboratory practicals used in typical kinanthropometry courses. Each chapter commences with the theoretical background and significance of the area as it relates to general health and athletic performance. The methods of determining and assessing each component in a variety of populations are then presented. more...

  • Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming V1by D. MacLaren; A. Lees; T. Reilly

    Spon Press 1992; US$ 298.00

    The International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming, held every four years under the aegis of the International Society of Biomechanics and the World Commission of Sports Biomechanics, provides a forum in which research related to swimming is reported and problems that confront swimming practitioners are debated. This volume contains the papers presented at the sixth symposium. The keynote addresses covered lactate metabolism, performance determining factors and the analysis of sprint swimming. The contributed papers range widely across sports science, coaching and training and sports medicine. more...