Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol - Couverture souple

Mojola, Sanyu A.

 
9780520421165: Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol

Synopsis

Washington, DC, has the nation's largest racial life expectancy gap, and it has experienced many of the nation's worst epidemics, including maternal and infant mortality, homicide, heroin overdoses, and HIV/AIDS. These epidemics have disproportionately affected African Americans. Why and how does racial health inequality exist and persist? Starting from the city's founding in the late 1700s and drawing on a range of sources--including archival material, life history interviews, and census, vital statistics, and disease surveillance data--this book illustrates how the physical, social, and policy design of the city contributes to the production and reproduction of disproportionate Black death.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sanyu A. Mojola is Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs and Maurice P. During Professor of Demographic Studies at Princeton University. She directed Princeton's Office of Population Research from 2020 to 2024.

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9780520303010: Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0520303016 ISBN 13 :  9780520303010
Editeur : University of California Press, 2025
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