Death by Design

Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

AvSanyu A. Mojola

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Washington, DC, has the nation's largest racial life expectancy gap, and it has experienced many of the nation's worst epidemics, including maternal and infant mortality, homicide, heroin overdoses, and HIV/AIDS. These epidemics have disproportionately affected African Americans. Why and how does racial health inequality exist and persist? Starting from the city's founding in the late 1700s and drawing on a range of sources—including archival material, life history interviews, and census, vital statistics, and disease surveillance data—this book illustrates how the physical, social, and policy design of the city contributes to the production and reproduction of disproportionate Black death.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-10-28
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor466
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520303010

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Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Part One. Racial Containment and Health in Historical ContextOverview1. The First Era: 1790–18902. The Second Era: 1890–19503. The Third Era: 1950–Present Part Two. Sex, Love, and HIV in a Syndemic ZoneOverview4. The HIV Epidemic Among Gay and Bisexual Men5. The HIV Epidemic Among Heterosexual Men, Women, and Trans Women Part Three. The SAVA Syndemic: Drugs–HIV/AIDS–HomicideOverview6. First Comes Heroin: 1960–20167. Then Comes Cocaine: Late 1970s–2010s8. Paying for a Habit: Commercial Sex and Drug Addiction Treatment9. Homicide Redux and Life in a Syndemic Zone Part Four. Mass Incarceration and Syndemic AmplificationOverview10. Creating Mass Black Incarceration in DC11. The DC Prison Syndemic and Community Amplification Part Five. Racial Containment and the City's HIV/AIDS Epidemic ResponseOverview12. Intersectional Politics and the AIDS Epidemic13. Controlling an Epidemic: The Successes and Limits of Technocratic Expertise Conclusion Appendix: Methodological NoteAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex