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The State and the Epidemiological Transition: An Introduction

The State and the Epidemiological Transition: An Introduction The State and the Epidemiological Transition: An Introduction nicholas b. breyfogle, john l. brooke, and christopher j. otter Ohio State University etween 2011 and 2013 the Center for Historical Research at B Ohio State University (OSU), in collaboration with scholars from throughout the university, hosted a two-year program of semi- nars, lectures, and fellowships on the problem of “Health, Disease, and Environment in World History.” The articles here by Nükhet Varlık, Katherine Arner, and Tamara Mann are a small sample of the excellent work presented by six fellows and twenty visiting and OSU scholars. These articles in particular bring together the important new work that scholars are doing on the role of the state in shaping the health of populations. Four decades ago three scholars established grand frameworks for the history of disease in world history. Alfred Crosby’s Columbian Exchange described the devastating impact of Eurasian diseases on the peoples of the Americas and Oceania. William McNeill, in Plagues and Peoples, framed an interpretation of the arc of disease and health history from the Paleolithic to the modern period. Finally, Abdel Omran, in a short and seemingly modest article, charted a model of the “epidemiologi- cal transition.” The three http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press

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The State and the Epidemiological Transition: An Introduction nicholas b. breyfogle, john l. brooke, and christopher j. otter Ohio State University etween 2011 and 2013 the Center for Historical Research at B Ohio State University (OSU), in collaboration with scholars from throughout the university, hosted a two-year program of semi- nars, lectures, and fellowships on the problem of “Health, Disease, and Environment in World History.” The articles here by Nükhet Varlık, Katherine Arner, and Tamara Mann are a small sample of the excellent work presented by six fellows and twenty visiting and OSU scholars. These articles in particular bring together the important new work that scholars are doing on the role of the state in shaping the health of populations. Four decades ago three scholars established grand frameworks for the history of disease in world history. Alfred Crosby’s Columbian Exchange described the devastating impact of Eurasian diseases on the peoples of the Americas and Oceania. William McNeill, in Plagues and Peoples, framed an interpretation of the arc of disease and health history from the Paleolithic to the modern period. Finally, Abdel Omran, in a short and seemingly modest article, charted a model of the “epidemiologi- cal transition.” The three

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Journal of World History – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: May 5, 2014

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