Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life

Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2004-10-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309092116

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.

The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa

The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
Author: W. D. Hammond-Tooke
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2024-02-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 100385494X

First published in 1974, The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa is a revised and rewritten version of I. Schapera’s ethnographical survey of the Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa. New South African contributors place on record all the known facts of the physical characteristics and traditional cultures of these peoples, as well as documenting the important social, cultural and economic changes that have occurred since the coming of the white man. This book will be of interest to students of anthropology, sociology, African studies, and history.

New History of South Africa

New History of South Africa
Author: Hermann Buhr Giliomee
Publisher: Tafelberg
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

'SA is one of the few regions of the world where humans have lived continuously for nearly two million years' - the New History of South Africa offers an account of all these people.-The Weekender

Myths and Legends of the Bantu

Myths and Legends of the Bantu
Author: Alice Werner
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1968
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780714617350

First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa

Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa
Author: Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1580465145

History and oral traditions in southeastern Africa -- Oral traditions in the reconstruction of southern African history -- Shipwreck survivor accounts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Founding families and chiefdoms east of the Drakensberg -- Maputo Bay peoples and chiefdoms before 1740 -- Maputo Bay, 1740-1820 -- Eastern chiefdoms of southern Africa, 1740-1815 -- Zulu conquests and the consolidation of power, 1815-21 -- Military campaigns, migrations, and political reconfiguration -- Ancestors, descent lines, and chiefdoms west of the Drakensberg before 1820 -- The Caledon River valley and the Basotho of Moshoeshoe, 1821-33 -- The expansion of the European presence at Maputo Bay, 1821-33 -- Southern African kingdoms on the eve of colonization.

Interactions Across Englishes

Interactions Across Englishes
Author: Christiane Meierkord
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0521192285

The global spread of English has resulted in contact with an enormous variety of different languages worldwide, leading to the creation of many new varieties of English. This book takes an original look at what happens when speakers of these different varieties interact with one another.