Authors:Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: epidemiology, social
Number of Pages: 391
Published: 2000-03-15
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0195083318
ISBN-13: 9780195083316

The authors of this excellent text define social epidemiology as the epidemiologic study of the social distribution and social determinants of states of health, implying that the aim is to identify socio-environmental exposures which may be related to a broad range of physical and mental health outcomes. In the first systematic account of this field, they focus on methodological approaches but draw widely from related disciplines such as sociology, psychology, physiology, and medicine in the effort to develop and evaluate testable hypotheses about the pathways between social conditions and he

Authors:Ichiro Kawachi, Lisa F. Berkman,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: medicine, health, neighborhoods
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2003-03-20
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0195138384
ISBN-13: 9780195138382

Do places make a difference to people’s health and well-being? The authors of this groundbreaking textbook demonstrate convincingly how the physical and social characteristics of a neighborhood can shape the health of its residents. Drawing on the expertise of a renowned cast of researchers, this book presents a state-of-the art account of the theories, methods, and empirical evidence linking neighborhood conditions to population health. Represented in the volume are contributions from the world’s leading investigators in the field, including social epidemiologists, demographers,

Author: Zak Berkman
Publisher: Dramatist’s Play Service
Keywords: vine, beauty
Number of Pages: 66
Published: 2009-02
List price: $7.50
ISBN-10: 0822222884
ISBN-13: 9780822222880

Author: Steve Berkman
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Keywords: lending, gods, bank, world
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-06-25
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1565492595
ISBN-13: 9781565492592

Uncovering the World Bank s loan programs in the developing world in "The Gods of Lending", author Steve Berkman finds nothing but mismanagement and hypocrisy: decades of assistance without any significant improvement in the lives of the poor; billions loaned for improving governance, health care and education with little to show for it; and donor funds given to dysfunctional government institutions or officials with a history of looting national treasuries. With sixteen years as a Bank staff and consultant, Berkman presents compelling evidence of deceptive reporting and lack of due diligence

Author: Alexander Berkman
Publisher: AK Press
Keywords: collection, complete, blast
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-12-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1904859089
ISBN-13: 9781904859086

“The pages of The Blast seem to smell of black powder, or better, seem to have blown out of the eye of a social hurricane. A sense of absolute emergency pervades almost every column.” —Richard DrinnonAfter serving as editor for Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth, Alexander Berkman moved to San Francisco and started his own newspaper. This historical reprint of the complete 29 issues features articles, letters, news and editorials by Berkman and his revolution-minded contemporaries. Topics include the political trial of labor activists Mooney-Billings, a profile of Pancho Villa, the imprisonme

Author: Clive Berkman
Publisher: Baxter Press (Cooking with Clive)
Keywords: clive, cooking, moments, bottle, empty
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-03-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1888237716
ISBN-13: 9781888237719

Award-Winner in the Cookbook/Food category of the 2009 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner of the 2009 New York Book Festival’s award in the Cookbook category In his career as a world class chef and restauranteur, Clive Berkman has learned much more than how to prepare mouthwatering five course meals. He finds that what he remembers most after a meal are the empty bottles, reminders of the power food has to strengthen bonds and create memories that last long after the table is cleared. In Empty Bottle Moments, Berkman encourages at home chefs to experiment with recipes as he

Authors:Stanley Hauerwas, John Berkman, Michael G. Cartwrigh
Publisher: Duke University Press
Keywords: reader, hauerwas
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 2001-06
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0822326914
ISBN-13: 9780822326915

Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most widely read and oft-cited theologians writing today. A prolific lecturer and author, he has been at the forefront of key developments in contemporary theology, ranging from narrative theology to the “recovery of virtue.” Yet despite his prominence and the esteem reserved for his thought, his work has never before been collected in a single volume that provides a sense of the totality of his vision. The editors of The Hauerwas Reader, therefore, have compiled and edited a volume that represents all the different periods and phases of Hauerwas’s work. H