Globalization, Health, and the Environment An Integrated Perspective

Name: Globalization, Health, and the Environment An Integrated Perspective
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ISBN: 9780759105812

ISBN-10: 0759105812

ISBN-13: 9780759105812

Edition: 2005

Authors: Greg Guest, Mary Anne Alabanza Akers, Timothy Akers, George J. Armelagos, David G. Casagrande

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Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change. Through case studies of cultures around the world, they examine the bio-cultural intersection of health and the environment and the impact of rapid change, technological development and the expansion of the global economy. This book will be valuable to professionals in international health, medical anthropology, geography and sociology, environmental studies, and globalization studies. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 9/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.08" wide x 8.96" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword




Global Transformations



Globalization, Health, and the Environment: An Introduction




Disease Globalization in the Third Epidemiological Transition




Poverty and Violence, Hunger and Health: A Political Ecology of Armed Conflict




Cultural Adaptations



Globalization, Migration, and Indigenous Commodification of Medicinal Plants in Chiapas, Mexico




Health Ecology in Nunavut: Inuit Elders' Concepts of Nutrition, Health, and Political Change




Globalization, Dietary Change, and "Second Hair" Illness in Two Mesoamerican Cultures




Population Dynamics



Canadian Cases of the Public Health Implications of Global Environmental and Economic Change




Urbanization, Land Use, and Health in Baguio City, Philippines




Globalization, Demography, and Nutrition: A Bekaa Bedouin Case Study




Governance and Policy



The Political Ecology of Dengue in Cuba and the Dominican Republic




International Architecture for Sustainable Development and Global Health



Index


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