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Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / Andrew T. Price-Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Price-Smith, Andrew T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicable diseases--History.
- Communicable diseases.
- History.
- Communicable diseases--Political aspects.
- Communicable diseases--Social aspects.
- National security.
- Security, International.
- Diseases and history.
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging--prevention & control.
- Disease Outbreaks--history.
- Environmental Health.
- Health Policy.
- Security Measures.
- Medical Subjects:
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging--prevention & control.
- Disease Outbreaks--history.
- Environmental Health.
- Health Policy.
- Security Measures.
- Physical Description:
- x, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Theory and exegesis : on health and the body politic
- Epidemic disease, history, and the state
- Pandemic influenza : on sclerosis in governance
- HIV/AIDS, state capacity, and national security : lessons from Zimbabwe
- Mad cows and Englishmen : BSE and the politics of discord
- Epidemic of fear : SARS and the political economy of contagion in the Pacific Rim
- War as a "disease amplifier"
- On health, power, and security.
- Notes:
- Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262162487
- 0262162482
- 9780262662031
- 0262662035
- OCLC:
- 228569418
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