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UNINA9910454300803321 |
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Autore |
Price-Smith Andrew T |
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Titolo |
Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / / Andrew T. Price-Smith |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
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0-262-25553-7 |
9786612240225 |
1-282-24022-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Communicable diseases - History |
Communicable diseases - Political aspects |
Communicable diseases - Social aspects |
National security |
Security, International |
Diseases and history |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease. |
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