ANTC61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Forces
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There are social forces that have shaped the current world. Ronald wright: the rapid colonization of the new world allowed european countries to be flooded by gold and other minerals. The result was new ventures, new technologies and new foodstuffs from north america, resulting i n production surplus. There"s a population boom in europe and the colonies. Revolution, which allowed expansion into more parts of the world. The concentration of wealth in one part of the world comes at the expense of another part of the world. There is a complicated interrelationship between health, economic growth and the development of disease. According to many measures, health ahs improved in the west, but it has gotten much worse in other areas. Disease burdens are increasing, even within certain pops in na. Globally, poverty and powerfulness are two significant factors of disease. The poor tend to be sicker, have greater rates of accessibility and have less access to resources.
