Racism, Health, and Post-Industrialism - A Theory of African-American Health

List of contents

Introduction
Emancipation of the Roots of Health
Race and Culture Contact and the Equilibrium of Health
Antebellum Life and Health
The Challenges of Post-Slavery Rural and Urban Life
Folk, Popular, and Alternative Health Practices
An Extended Look at Alternative African-American Health Practices
Racism, the Medical-Industrial Complex, and Post Industrialism
Contemporary Challenges to Health: Toward a Wholistic Theory
Strategies for Change: Community Action and Public Policy
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

CLOVIS E. SEMMES is Professor of African American Studies at Eastern Michigan University. His earlier book, Cultural Hegemony and African American Development (Praeger, 1992), received the Choice Outstanding Book Award in 1993.

Product details

• Authors: Clovis E. Semmes, Semmes Clovis E.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.1996
• EAN: 9780275949457
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94945-7
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; USA, Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social welfare & social services, United States of America, USA, Public health & preventive medicine, Social welfare and social services, Public health and preventive medicine, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Health and Wellness: Public Health