The historical ecology of malaria in Ethiopia : deposing the spirits / James C. McCann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCann, James, 1950- author.

Series:

Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.

Ohio University Press Series in Ecology and History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malaria--Ethiopia--History.

Malaria.

Malaria--Ethiopia--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Malaria is an infectious disease like no other: it is a dynamic force of nature and Africa's most deadly and debilitating malady. James C. McCann tells the story of malaria in human, narrative terms and explains the history and ecology of the disease through the science of landscape change. All malaria is local. Instead of examining the disease at global or continental scale, McCann investigates malaria's adaptation and persistence in a single region, Ethiopia, over time and at several contrasting sites. Malaria has evolved along with humankind and has adapted to even modern-day technological

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Malaria's Metaphor; 1: Ethiopia's Malaria in the Age of "the Bark"; 2: Mind scapes of Malaria; 3: Flight of the Valkyries; 4: Tragedy of the Jeep, 1958-1991; 5: Malaria Modern; 6: She Sings; Epilogue: The Dance Continues; Afterword: Rosa's Story; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8214-4513-8

OCLC:

913214415