Plagues and epidemics [[electronic resource] ] : infected spaces past and present / / edited by D. Ann Herring, Alan C. Swedlund

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (430 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.4
• Soggetto topico: Epidemics - History; Plague - History; Famines - History; Environmentally induced diseases
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HerringAnn <1951-> SwedlundAlan C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Comes ; 15 Making Plagues Visible16 Metaphors of Malaria Eradication in Cold War Mexico; 17 ""Steady with Custom""; 18 Explaining Kuru; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Until 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 an
• Titolo autorizzato: Plagues and epidemics
• ISBN: 1-000-18155-3; 1-003-08637-3; 1-000-18473-0; 1-4742-1534-3; 1-282-59668-3; 9786612596681; 1-84788-756-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910485653103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wenner gren international symposium series.