03560nam 2200757Ia 450 991048565310332120200520144314.01-000-18155-31-003-08637-31-000-18473-01-4742-1534-31-282-59668-397866125966811-84788-756-2(CKB)2670000000017113(EBL)554578(OCoLC)621703819(SSID)ssj0000364385(PQKBManifestationID)11294283(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364385(PQKBWorkID)10398706(PQKB)10276018(MiAaPQ)EBC554578(MiAaPQ)EBC6161354(Au-PeEL)EBL554578(CaPaEBR)ebr10376629(CaONFJC)MIL259668(OCoLC)893334915(EXLCZ)99267000000001711320100202d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlagues and epidemics[electronic resource] infected spaces past and present /edited by D. Ann Herring, Alan C. SwedlundOxford ;New York Berg20101 online resource (430 p.)Wenner gren international symposium seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84788-547-0 1-84788-548-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Plagues and Epidemics in Athropological Perspective; 2 Ecosyndemics; 3 Pressing Plagues; 4 On Creating Epidemics, Plagues, and Other Warime Alarums and Excursions; 5 Avian Influenza and Third Epidemiological Transition; 6 Deconstructing an Epidemic; 7 The End of a Plague?; 8 Epidemics and Time; 9 Everyday Mortality in the Time of Plague; 10 The Coming Plague of Avian Influenza; 11 Past into Present; 12 Accounting for Epidemics; 13 Social Inequalities and Dengue Transmission in Latin America; 14 From Plague, an Epidemic Comes15 Making Plagues Visible16 Metaphors of Malaria Eradication in Cold War Mexico; 17 ""Steady with Custom""; 18 Explaining Kuru; References; IndexUntil recently, plagues were thought to belong in the ancient past. Now there are deep worries about global pandemics. This book presents views from anthropology about this much publicized and complex problem. The authors take us to places where epidemics are erupting, waning, or gone, and to other places where they have not yet arrived, but where a frightening story line is already in place. They explore public health bureaucracies and political arenas where the power lies to make decisions about what is, and is not, an epidemic. They look back into global history to uncover disease trends anWenner gren international symposium series.EpidemicsHistoryPlagueHistoryFaminesHistoryEnvironmentally induced diseasesElectronic books.EpidemicsHistory.PlagueHistory.FaminesHistory.Environmentally induced diseases.614.4Herring Ann1951-912576Swedlund Alan C912577MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910485653103321Plagues and epidemics2043873UNINA