The Costs of Cultural Change: Accidental Injury and Modernization among the Papago Indians.

Hackenberg, Robert A.; Gallagher, Mary M.

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Publication Date: 1972

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The Costs of Cultural Change: Accidental Injury and Modernization among the Papago Indians

Hackenberg, Robert A.; Gallagher, Mary M.

Human Organization, 31, 2, 211-26, Sum 72

Several theories are examined suggesting that stress associated with modernization is responsible for excesses of accidental injuries among American Indians. A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association, New York, 1971. (FF)

Descriptors: Accidents, American Indian Culture, Cultural Influences, Culture Conflict, Death, Health, Social Adjustment, Social Influences, Stress Variables, Tohono O Odham People

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