Daniel Dorling

Based around a series of short articles, this Statistics in Society explains how social statistics are created, understood, misunderstood and manipulated.

An atlas of mortality in Britain based on data from 1981 to 2004, this study explores causes of death across the UK, including a description of the cause of death, a map and cartogram showing the spatial distribution of that cause, a commentary on the pattern observed and the reason for it.

The authors outline the main research questions in medical geography and consider how these can be investigated. As well as exploring traditional issues of medical geography, they also examine key issues in international medical sociology.

This accessible book brings together nine chapters with a selection of highly influential writings by Daniel Dorling on inequalities in health and society.

Few would dispute that we live in an unequal and unjust world, but what causes this inequality to persist? Danny Dorling claims in this book that in rich countries social inequality is no longer caused by not having enough resources to share, but by unrecognised and unacknowledged beliefs which actually propagate it.

"We don t live in the country we thought we lived in anymore; it has changed because we have changed. When it comes to immigration, the population explosion, the collapse of the family, the north-south divide, or the death of the countryside, common wisdom tells us that we are in trouble; however, this is far from the truth. In his brilliant anatomy of contemporary Britain, leading geographer Daniel Dorling dissects the nation and reveals unexpected truths about the way we live today, contrary to what you might read in the news. Exploring the key issues that make the headlines Dorling will change the way you think about the country and explain just why you should feel positive about the future."--Publisher description.