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Category Archives: Week 2 (9/10)
Frederick Engels-Biography and His Work – Chhada Nathan Kabariti
Frederick Engels’ life has some connection to his writing. As a young teenager, his father pushed him to join the business world and to reject the political ideas Engels kept thinking and writing most of his articles about. Instead, Engels … Continue reading
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Questions: Week 2
Dear members of seminar III: We have 3 excellent commentaries by David Zilberman, Jesse Geisler and Megan Low. They each take slightly different tacks and there is a lot to respond and add to. Each week I will have questions … Continue reading
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Statistics, and its role in the improvement of Public Health- David Zilberman
A vital tool that was used by epidemiologists to convey findings in regards to social conditions is statistics. In Victorian Social Medicine: The Ideas and Methods of William Farr, four major components of statistics are listed. These divisions are: economic, … Continue reading
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Urbanization, Industrialization and Population: Mobilizing for the Public’s Health-Jesse Geisler
Jesse Geisler August 29, 12 Seminar III With Professor Oppenheimer Urbanization, Industrialization and Population: Mobilizing for the Public’s Health This week’s readings focused on the ill health effects wrought by rapid industrialization. All of the readings suggest … Continue reading
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The Link Between Destitution and Disease- Megan Low
In the midst of the British Industrial Revolution, demand for labor sparked a march of opportunistic proletariats into industrial areas, with rapid urbanization leading to less than adequate living conditions for the working poor. Those higher up on the food … Continue reading
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