Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context 2nd Edition

“This is an essential knowledge base with which to equip the next generation of health researchers to deal with the major existential questions we are facing. I do not know of another book that so thoroughly reflects upon the impact of our socio-historical past of colonial rule and post-colonialism upon present population health, the influence of eugenics on health statistics, to thereafter bring readers up to date on the current and major preoccupations of public health and social justice. Essential reading for students, academics, and scientists at all stages of their careers who take an interest in population health. In my opinion, Krieger’s writing is the only place where the intellectual depth and breadth of our discipline is laid out accessibly to novices and experts alike.” — Michelle Kelly-Irving, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier

“Krieger revisits and amplifies her astute, sensitive, state-of-the-art analysis of how epidemiology’s past and present grapple with social (in)justice, incorporating such critical issues as the corporate determinants of health and the political ecology of climate change. A pioneering, ever- salient, and compelling must-read.” — Anne-Emanuelle Birn, University of Toronto