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Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / / Andrew T. Price-Smith
| Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / / Andrew T. Price-Smith |
| Autore | Price-Smith Andrew T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.196/9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Price-SmithAndrew T |
| Soggetto topico |
Communicable diseases - History
Communicable diseases - Political aspects Communicable diseases - Social aspects National security Security, International Diseases and history |
| Soggetto non controllato | SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security |
| ISBN |
0-262-25553-7
9786612240225 1-282-24022-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454300803321 |
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Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / / Andrew T. Price-Smith
| Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / / Andrew T. Price-Smith |
| Autore | Price-Smith Andrew T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.196/9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Price-SmithAndrew T |
| Soggetto topico |
Communicable diseases - History
Communicable diseases - Political aspects Communicable diseases - Social aspects National security Security, International Diseases and history |
| Soggetto non controllato | SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security |
| ISBN |
0-262-26424-2
0-262-25553-7 9786612240225 1-282-24022-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782857403321 |
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Price-Smith Andrew T
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / / Andrew T. Price-Smith
| Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / / Andrew T. Price-Smith |
| Autore | Price-Smith Andrew T |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.196/9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Price-SmithAndrew T |
| Soggetto topico |
Communicable diseases - History
Communicable diseases - Political aspects Communicable diseases - Social aspects National security Security, International Diseases and history |
| ISBN |
0-262-26424-2
0-262-25553-7 9786612240225 1-282-24022-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Theory and Exegesis: On Health and the Body Politic -- 2 Epidemic Disease, History, and the State -- 3 Pandemic Influenza : On Sclerosis in Governance -- 4 HIV/AIDS, State Capacity, and National Security: Lessons from Zimbabwe -- 5 Mad Cows and Englishmen: BSE and the Politics of Discord -- 6 Epidemic of Fear: SARS and the Political Economy of Contagion in the Pacific Rim -- 7 War as a "Disease Amplifier -- 8 On Health, Power, and Security -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812928203321 |
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Price-Smith Andrew T
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| Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deadly companions : how microbes shaped our history / / Dorothy H. Crawford
| Deadly companions : how microbes shaped our history / / Dorothy H. Crawford |
| Autore | Crawford Dorothy H |
| Edizione | [New updated edition, second edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 614.4/9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Epidemics - History
Infection - History Communicable diseases - History Diseases and history Communicable diseases Epidemics Infection |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
0-19-255298-8
0-19-255297-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | How it all began -- Our microbial inheritance -- Microbes jump species -- Crowds, filth and poverty -- Microbes go global -- Famine and devastation -- Deadly companions revealed -- The fight back. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796921803321 |
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Crawford Dorothy H
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deadly companions : how microbes shaped our history / / Dorothy H. Crawford
| Deadly companions : how microbes shaped our history / / Dorothy H. Crawford |
| Autore | Crawford Dorothy H |
| Edizione | [New updated edition, second edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 614.4/9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Epidemics - History
Infection - History Communicable diseases - History Diseases and history Communicable diseases Epidemics Infection |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
0-19-255298-8
0-19-255297-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | How it all began -- Our microbial inheritance -- Microbes jump species -- Crowds, filth and poverty -- Microbes go global -- Famine and devastation -- Deadly companions revealed -- The fight back. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816433803321 |
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Crawford Dorothy H
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber
| Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber |
| Autore | Webber Roger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 616.9 |
| Soggetto topico | Communicable diseases - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78064-685-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The sexual revolution -- Out of Africa -- Host/parasite interaction -- Using a vector -- The great plagues -- Missionaries of death -- The slave trade in parasites -- Eden's garden of South America -- A glass of water -- The great war -- Man's best friend? -- The animal connection -- Not clean -- Too clean -- The food we eat -- Cancer -- Climate change and population movements -- Disappeared and emergent diseases -- The future. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480174003321 |
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Webber Roger
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber
| Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber |
| Autore | Webber Roger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4 |
| Soggetto topico | Communicable diseases - History |
| ISBN | 1-78064-684-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Disease Selection: The Way Disease Changed the World; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: The Sexual Revolution; Origin of Life; Complex Life; Natural History of Disease; Two Sexes; 2: Out of Africa; Human Origins; The First Diseases; Genetic Diversity; Disease Selection and Race; 3: Host/Parasite Interaction; Effect of the Parasite; Malaria as a Complex Disease; Amphibiosis; Host Response; Human Endogenous Retroviruses; Vaccination; A Balance between Nature and Disease; 4: Using a Vector; Anopheline Mosquitoes; Culicine Mosquitoes
Filariasis and Its ControlThe Tsetse Fly and Sleeping Sickness; Plague and the Flea; Typhus and Its Vectors; Ticks; Vectors and Disease Selection; 5: The Great Plagues; The Black Death; Smallpox; Changing History; 6: Missionaries of Death; Samoa; Fiji; Nauru; Africa; The Value of Immunity; 7: The Slave Trade in Parasites; Hookworm Disease; Schistosomiasis; Filariasis in the New World; The Jigger; Other Movements of Slaves; 8: Eden's Garden of South America; The Peopling of America; Introduction of Old World Diseases; Malaria in South America; Yellow Fever; Chagas' Disease; 9: A Glass of Water CholeraTyphoid; Prevention; 10: The Great War; 11: Man's Best Friend?; Rabies; Hydatid Disease; Toxocariasis; Toxoplasmosis; Beef and Pork Tapeworms; Anthrax; Brucellosis; Reducing the Risk; 12: The Animal Connection; Animal Origins; HIV Infection; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; Bats; Cross-species Transmission; 13: Not Clean; Neonatal Tetanus; Trachoma; Yaws and Syphilis; Handwashing; Education; 14: Too Clean; Poliomyelitis; Allergic Conditions; Immune Stimulation; 15: The Food We Eat; Dietary Fibre; Balanced Diet; Infant Feeds and Breast Milk; Cow's Milk Fish OilAntioxidants; Mediterranean Diet; Obesity Promotion; Food Poisoning; Campylobacter; Salmonella and food contamination; 16: Cancer; Cancer Incidence; Cancer Prevention; 17: Climate Change and Population Movements; Effects on Diseases; Urbanization; Population Movements; 18: Disappeared and Emergent Diseases; European Malaria; The English Sweat; Eradication Programmes; New Diseases; 19: The Future; Obesity; Influenza; Ebola; Antimicrobial Resistance; Epilogue; 20: Conclusions; Resource Material and Suggested Further Reading; General Reading; Introduction; Chapter 1; Web resources Chapter 2Chapter 3; Web resources; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Web resources; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Web resources; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Web resources; Chapter 10; Web resources; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Web resources; Chapter 16; Web resources; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Web resources; Chapter 19; Web resources; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910627298503321 |
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Webber Roger
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber
| Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber |
| Autore | Webber Roger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 616.9 |
| Soggetto topico | Communicable diseases - History |
| ISBN | 1-78064-685-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The sexual revolution -- Out of Africa -- Host/parasite interaction -- Using a vector -- The great plagues -- Missionaries of death -- The slave trade in parasites -- Eden's garden of South America -- A glass of water -- The great war -- Man's best friend? -- The animal connection -- Not clean -- Too clean -- The food we eat -- Cancer -- Climate change and population movements -- Disappeared and emergent diseases -- The future. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795372203321 |
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Webber Roger
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber
| Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber |
| Autore | Webber Roger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 616.9 |
| Soggetto topico | Communicable diseases - History |
| ISBN | 1-78064-685-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The sexual revolution -- Out of Africa -- Host/parasite interaction -- Using a vector -- The great plagues -- Missionaries of death -- The slave trade in parasites -- Eden's garden of South America -- A glass of water -- The great war -- Man's best friend? -- The animal connection -- Not clean -- Too clean -- The food we eat -- Cancer -- Climate change and population movements -- Disappeared and emergent diseases -- The future. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808135203321 |
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Webber Roger
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epidemics and society [[electronic resource] ] : from the Black Death to the present / / Frank M. Snowden
| Epidemics and society [[electronic resource] ] : from the Black Death to the present / / Frank M. Snowden |
| Autore | Snowden Frank M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (599 pages) |
| Disciplina | 614.4/9 |
| Collana | The Open Yale Courses Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Epidemics - History
Epidemics Public health Communicable diseases - History Epidemiology |
| ISBN | 0-300-24914-4 |
| Classificazione | 28.24.08 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Humoral Medicine: The Legacy of Hippocrates and Galen -- 4. Plague as a Disease -- 5. Responses to Plague -- 6. Smallpox before Edward Jenner -- 7. The Historical Impact of Smallpox -- 8. War and Disease: Napoleon, Yellow Fever, and the Haitian Revolution -- 9. War and Disease: Napoleon, Dysentery, and Typhus in Russia, 1812 -- 10. The Paris School of Medicine -- 11. The Sanitary Movement -- 12. The Germ Theory of Disease -- 13. Cholera -- 14. Tuberculosis in the Romantic Era of Consumption -- 15. Tuberculosis in the Unromantic Era of Contagion -- 16. The Third Plague Pandemic: Hong Kong and Bombay -- 17. Malaria and Sardinia: Uses and Abuses of History -- 18. Polio and the Problem of Eradication -- 19. HIV/AIDS: An Introduction and the Case of South Africa -- 20. HIV/AIDS: The Experience -- 21. Emerging and Reemerging Diseases -- 22. Dress Rehearsals for the Twenty-First Century: SARS and Ebola -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793868003321 |
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Snowden Frank M.
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| New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2019] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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