{"product_id":"modern-environments-and-human-health-9781118504208","title":"Modern Environments and Human Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in an engaging and jargon-free style by a team of international and interdisciplinary experts,\u003ci\u003eModern Environments and Human Health\u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates by example how methods, theoretical approaches, and data from a wide range of disciplines can be used to resolve longstanding questions about the second epidemiological transition. The first book to address the subject from a multi-regional, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspective,\u003ci\u003eModern Environments and Human Health\u003c\/i\u003eis a valuable resource for students and academics in biological anthropology, economics, history, public health, demography, and epidemiology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The volume serves as a critical step towards cross-disciplinary communication and shows promise that future research on epidemiologic transitions will draw from an even wider array of cross-disciplinary perspectives (e.g., Klaus, 2014).\"  (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Human Biology\u003c\/i\u003e, 9 February 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Second Epidemiologic Transition 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMolly K. Zuckerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Causes of the Second Epidemiologic Transition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Infectious Disease in Philadelphia, 1690–1807: An Ecological Perspective 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGilda M. Anroman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Modeling the Second Epidemiologic Transition in London: Patterns of Mortality and Frailty during Industrialization 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharon N. DeWitte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Wider Background of the Second Transition in Europe: Information from Skeletal Material 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNikola Koepke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Epidemiological Transition in Practice: Consumption, Phthisis, and TB in the 19th Century 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey K. Beemer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Epidemic Infectious Disease and the Second Epidemiologic Transition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Agent-Based Modeling and the Second Epidemiologic Transition 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarolyn Orbann, Jessica Dimka, Erin Miller and Lisa Sattenspiel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Does Exposure to Influenza Very Early in Life Affect Mortality Risk during a Subsequent Outbreak? The 1890 and 1918 Pandemics in Canada 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStacey Hallman and Alain Gagnon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Regional and Temporal Variation in the Second Epidemiologic Transition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Second Epidemiologic Transition in Western Poland 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlicja Budnik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Timing of the Second Epidemiologic Transition in Small US Towns and Cities: Evidence from Local Cemeteries 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa Sattenspiel and Rebecca S. Lander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Industrialization and the Changing Mortality Environment in an English Community during the Industrial Revolution 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter M. Kitson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 Marginalized and Underrepresented Communities in the Second Epidemiologic Transition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Short Women and Their Stagnating Growth: A Study of Biological Welfare and Inequality of Women in Postcolonial India 201\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAravinda Meera Guntupalli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Tracking the Second Epidemiologic Transition Using Bioarchaeological Data on Infant Morbidity and Mortality 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMegan A. Perry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 The Biological Effects of Urbanization and In-Migration on 19th-Century-Born African Americans and Euro-Americans of Low Socioeconomic Status: An Anthropological and Historical Approach 243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarlina de la Cova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5 The Environment and the Second Epidemiologic Transition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Reassessing the Good and Bad of Modern Environments: Developing a More Comprehensive Approach to Health Trend Assessment 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLawrence M. Schell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Childhood Lead Exposure in the British Isles during the Industrial Revolution 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Millard, Janet Montgomery, Mark Trickett, Julia Beaumont, Jane Evans, and Simon Chenery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 The Hygiene Hypothesis and the Second Epidemiologic Transition 301\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMolly K. Zuckerman and George J. Armelagos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Comparative Parasitological Perspectives on Epidemiologic Transitions: The Americas and Europe 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKarl J. Reinhard and Elisa Pucu de Araújo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 6 Epilogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 The Second Epidemiologic Transition, Adaptation, and the Evolutionary Paradigm 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge J. Armelagos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 The Second Epidemiologic Transition from an Epidemiologist’s Perspective 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy L. Fleischer and Robert E. McKeown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Methodological Perspectives on the Second Epidemiologic Transition: Current and Future Research 369\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard H. Steckel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 The Current State of Knowledge on the Industrial Epidemiologic Transition: Where Do We Go from Here? 377\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy B. Gage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 393\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406881726807,"sku":"9781118504208","price":121.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118504208.jpg?v=1730497434","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-environments-and-human-health-9781118504208","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}