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Author Price-Smith, Andrew T.

Title Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / Andrew T. Price-Smith.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.1969 P931c 2009    ---  Available
Description x, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.
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.
Subject 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.
Added Author Price-Smith, Andrew T. Health of nations.
ISBN 9780262162487 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262162482 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262662031 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262662035 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. NLM 101474299
AU@ 000043093027
IG# 9780262162487

 
    
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