Poverty, inequality and health in Britain: 1800-2000 by George Davey Smith

Poverty, inequality and health in Britain: 1800-2000 by George Davey Smith

This reader provides two centuries of historical context to debates on health inequality. Extracts from classic texts, information about authors and an introduction draw together important themes of change and continuity. It is a key text for students on a range of policy courses and an excellent resource for anyone interested in poverty.

"The editors of this volume are to be congratulated on the quality of the selections from classics texts on poverty, inequality and health in Britain during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" International Journal of Epidemiology
"... a convenient source for those studying social history." Journal of Social Policy "... a handy course guide for classes in the history of public health and urban studies." Bulletin History of Medicine
"This book is an invaluable reference for academics and students, working in a variety of disciplines, who are interested in health inequalities." Ian Rees Jones, Faculty of Healthcare Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School
"This is an excellent collection of the most influential scholarly British work in this field. The introduction and timeline provide a helpful overview of the subject." Alison McCallum, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki

George Davey Smith is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology in the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Bristol. He has published widely in the field of social epidemiology, particularly on the health effects of the accumulation of socioeconomic advantages and disadvantages over the lifecourse.

Daniel Dorling is Professor of Quantitative Human Geography in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds. His research interests include the visualisation of spatial social structure and the changing economic, political and medical geographies of Britain.

Mary Shaw is an ESRC-funded Research Fellow in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol. She researches various aspects of social and spatial inequalities in health and their implications for social policy.

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ISBN 13	9781861342119
ISBN 10	186134211X
Title	Poverty, inequality and health in Britain: 1800-2000
Author	George Davey Smith
Series	Studies In Poverty Inequality And Social Exclusion
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Policy Press
Year published	2001-07-11
Number of pages	462
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