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 |
Price-Smith Andrew T | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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 |
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 |
Price-Smith Andrew T | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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 |
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 |
Price-Smith Andrew T | ||
Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Current topics in neglected tropical diseases / / edited by Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : IntechOpen, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
Disciplina | 610.9 |
Soggetto topico | Diseases and history |
ISBN | 1-78923-890-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910407755203321 |
[Place of publication not identified] : , : IntechOpen, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Crawford Dorothy H | ||
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 |
Autore | Crawford Dorothy H |
Edizione | [New updated edition, second edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : 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 |
Crawford Dorothy H | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Food for the dead [[electronic resource] ] : on the trail of New England's vampires / / Michael E. Bell |
Autore | Bell Michael E., Ph. D. |
Edizione | [Wesleyan pbk. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.450974 |
Soggetto topico |
Diseases and history
Folklore - New England Vampires - New England |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8195-7171-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- ; ch. 1. This awful thing -- ; ch. 2. Testing a horrible superstition -- ; ch. 3. Remarkable happenings -- ; ch. 4. The cause of their trouble lay before them -- ; ch. 5. I am waiting and watching for you -- ; ch. 6. I thought for sure they were coming after me -- ; ch. 7. Don't be a rational adult -- ; ch. 8. Never strangers true vampires be -- ; ch. 9. Ghoulish, wolfish shapes -- ; ch. 10. The unending river of life -- ; ch. 11. Relicks of many old customs -- ; ch. 12. A ghoul in every deserted fireplace -- ; ch. 13. Is that true of all vampires? -- ; ch. 14. Food for the dead -- ; appendix A. Chronology of vampire incidents in New England -- ; appendix B. Children of Stukeley and Honor Tillinghast -- Notes -- Works sited -- Index -- About the author. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463611903321 |
Bell Michael E., Ph. D. | ||
Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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History of infectious disease pandemics in urban societies / / Mark D. Hardt |
Autore | Hardt Mark D. <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics - History
Diseases and history |
ISBN | 0-7391-8027-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797712603321 |
Hardt Mark D. <1955-> | ||
Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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History of infectious disease pandemics in urban societies / / Mark D. Hardt |
Autore | Hardt Mark D. <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics - History
Diseases and history |
ISBN | 0-7391-8027-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825495903321 |
Hardt Mark D. <1955-> | ||
Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human frontiers, environments, and disease : past patterns, uncertain futures / / Tony McMichael [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | McMichael A. J (Anthony J.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 413 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 362.1 |
Soggetto topico |
World health
Diseases and history Sustainable development Climatic changes - Health aspects Human ecology |
ISBN |
1-107-12321-6
1-316-09909-1 0-511-04792-4 0-511-15337-6 0-521-00494-2 1-139-10692-9 1-280-15485-3 0-511-32788-9 9786610154852 0-511-11954-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Sources for illustrations; Preface; 1 Disease patterns in human biohistory; 2 Human biology: the Pleistocene inheritance; 3 Adapting to diversity: climate, food and infection; 4 Infectious disease: humans and microbes coevolving; 5 The Third Horseman: food, farming and famines; 6 The industrial era: the Fifth Horseman?; 7 Longer lives and lower birth rates; 8 Modern affluence: lands of milk and honey; 9 Cities, social environments and synapses; 10 Global environmental change: overstepping limits
11 Health and disease: an ecological perspective12 Footprints to the future: treading less heavily; Notes; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Human Frontiers, Environments & Disease |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454563603321 |
McMichael A. J (Anthony J.) | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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