{"product_id":"a-history-of-population-health-rise-and-fall-of-disease-in-europe-9789004425828","title":"A History of Population Health: Rise and Fall of Disease in Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award    In A History of Population Health Johan P. Mackenbach offers a broad-sweeping study of the spectacular changes in people’s health in Europe since the early 18th century. Most of the 40 specific diseases covered in this book show a fascinating pattern of ‘rise-and-fall’, with large differences in timing between countries. Using a unique collection of historical data and bringing together insights from demography, economics, sociology, political science, medicine, epidemiology and general history, it shows that these changes and variations did not occur spontaneously, but were mostly man-made. Throughout European history, changes in health and longevity were therefore closely related to economic, social, and political conditions, with public health and medical care both making important contributions to population health improvement.     Readers who would like to have a closer look at the quantitative data used in the trend graphs included in the book can find these it here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[...] strengths of this excellent book include its meticulous and extensive documentation, transparent discussion of what data is and is not available, analysis of prevailing theoretical explanations, use of supplementary tables, and Mackenbach's clear and compelling writing. [...] Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers.\" - M. D. Lagerwey, Western Michigan University, in: Choice, February 2021 Vol. 58 No. 6  \"Mackenbach’s longue durée, Braudel-inspired, and erudite book wades into scholarly territory that will be familiar to readers of Journal of British Studies. […] Mackenbach’s book will provide an important starting point for future research on the role of politics and public health in curbing COVID-19.\" - Jacob Steere-Williams, College of Charleston, South Carolina, in: Journal of British Studies, Vol. 60 (3), 2021, 746-748 pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  List of illustrations    Chapter 1. Introduction   Utopia come true?      Rising life expectancy     The rise and fall of disease   The epidemiologic transition theory     The McKeown debate and the Preston-curve     The role of human agency    \u0026amp;;How to read this book     Concepts, sources, data and methods    PART I. LONG-TERM TRENDS: A BIRD’S EYE VIEW    Chapter 2. Long-term trends in population health   Changes in over-all population health     Declining mortality     Young and old, men and women     Regional and social inequalities     Rising height     More years in good health, more years in bad health?    Changes in disease patterns     Shifting causes of death     Shifts in the burden of disease     Diseases rise, diseases fall   Epidemiologic transition 2.0     A theory in need of repair     How: characterizing change     When: staging change     Where: locating change    Chapter 3. Understanding trends in population health    Theories of population health     An ‘ecological-evolutionary theory’ of the origins of disease     Explaining long-term change   Economic, political and sociocultural conditions     Economic history: improvements in living standards     Political history: the rise of the modern state     Sociocultural history: the lights go on   Public health and medical care     A short history of public health     The impact of public health     A short history of medical care     The Role of Medicine    PART II. ZOOMING IN: THE RISE AND FALL OF DISEASES    Chapter 4. Health problems of pre-industrial societies   Violence and hunger     War     Homicide     Famine   Great epidemics     Plague     Smallpox     Typhus     Malaria    Chapter 5. Health problems of industrializing societies   Communicable diseases     Cholera, dysentery, typhoid     Tuberculosis     Syphilis     Scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria     Pneumonia, influenza   Maternal, infant and perinatal mortality     Maternal mortality     Infant mortality     Still-births    Other health problems of industrializing societies     Pellagra, rickets, goitre     Peptic ulcer, appendicitis     Lung diseases caused by occupational and environmental exposures    Chapter 6. Health problems of affluent societies    Chronic diseases     Ischaemic heart disease     Cerebrovascular disease     Diabetes mellitus     Stomach, colorectal, breast, prostate cancer     Lung cancer     Liver cirrhosis     Dementia     Depression    Injuries     Road traffic injuries     Suicide    A new plague     AIDS    PART III: SYNTHESIS AND OUTLOOK    Chapter 7. Why?     Why did European population health improve?      The rise and fall of disease     The role of human agency     The role of public health and medical care     The Rise of the West: was there a ‘prime mover’?     Why did some countries rush ahead or lag behind?      Northern lights: the Swedish advantage     Dutch comfort: we were the champions     Southern miracles: from rear-guard to forefront     Balkan troubles: the weight of the past     Russian roulette: the value of life    Chapter 8. Outlook    Feathers of Icarus     Geopolitical instability     Increasing inequality     Global environmental change    The way ahead     The public health paradigm     An expanding circle of concern     Re-thinking Utopia    By way of conclusion     Through the telescope of history     The European experience     The role of politics     The future    Appendices  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210797015383,"sku":"9789004425828","price":139.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-population-health-rise-and-fall-of-disease-in-europe-9789004425828","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}