Covid-19 in New York City: An Ecology of Race and Class Oppression

by Rodrick Wallace and Deborah Wallace

This book is the first social epidemiological study of COVID-19 spread in New York City (NYC), the primary epicenter of the United States. New York City spread COVID-19 throughout the United States. The context of epicenter formation determined the rapid, extreme rise of NYC case and mortality rates. Decades of public policies destructive of poor neighborhoods of color heavily determined the spread within the City. Premature mortality rates revealed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030596230
• ISBN13: 9783030596231
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 77 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"