Inescapable ecologies [[electronic resource] ] : a history of environment, disease, and knowledge / / Linda Nash |
Autore | Nash Linda Lorraine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4/2794 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical geography - California - History
Environmental health - California - History Public health - California - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
20th century biomedicine california cancer clusters causes of disease central valley disease history ecologists ecology ecosystem environment and culture environmental history environmental impact environmental movement environmental protest environmentalists germ theory human impact illness natural science natural world nonfiction pollution public health regional ecology textbooks toxic chemicals wilderness |
ISBN |
9786611752521
0-520-93999-9 1-281-75252-5 1-60129-529-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Body And Environment In An Era Of Colonization -- 2. Placing Health And Disease -- 3. Producing A Sanitary Landscape -- 4. Modern Landscapes And Ecological Bodies -- 5. Contesting The Space Of Disease -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784418003321 |
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Inescapable ecologies : a history of environment, disease, and knowledge / / Linda Nash |
Autore | Nash Linda Lorraine |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4/2794 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical geography - California - History
Environmental health - California - History Public health - California - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
20th century biomedicine california cancer clusters causes of disease central valley disease history ecologists ecology ecosystem environment and culture environmental history environmental impact environmental movement environmental protest environmentalists germ theory human impact illness natural science natural world nonfiction pollution public health regional ecology textbooks toxic chemicals wilderness |
ISBN |
9786611752521
0-520-93999-9 1-281-75252-5 1-60129-529-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Body And Environment In An Era Of Colonization -- 2. Placing Health And Disease -- 3. Producing A Sanitary Landscape -- 4. Modern Landscapes And Ecological Bodies -- 5. Contesting The Space Of Disease -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811347703321 |
Nash Linda Lorraine
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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No Safe Place : Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action / / Phil Brown, Edwin J. Mikkelsen |
Autore | Brown Phil |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina |
363.72875809744
618.92 618.9299419 |
Soggetto topico |
Hazardous wastes - Environmental aspects - Massachusetts - Woburn
Leukemia - Massachusetts Leukemia in children - Massachusetts - Woburn Leukemia in children |
Soggetto non controllato |
cancer clusters
cancer civic action conservation contaminated water contamination corporate responsibility corporations diseases environment regulations environmental impact flint groundwater health policy health legal system leukemia litigation love canal massachusetts medicine nature nonfiction pollution popular science public health public policy safe water science sustainability toxic waste water politics water rights woburn |
ISBN |
1-282-35595-3
9786612355950 0-520-92048-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Foreword -- Preface (1997) -- Preface (1990) -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Town in Turmoil: History and Significance of the Woburn Cluster -- 2. The Formation of an Organized Community -- 3. The Sickness Caused by "Corporate America": Effects of the Woburn Cluster -- 4. Taking Control: Popular Epidemiology -- 5. Making It Safe: Securing Future Health -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780012303321 |
Brown Phil
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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No Safe Place : Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action / / Phil Brown, Edwin J. Mikkelsen |
Autore | Brown Phil |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina |
363.72875809744
618.92 618.9299419 |
Soggetto topico |
Hazardous wastes - Environmental aspects - Massachusetts - Woburn
Leukemia - Massachusetts Leukemia in children - Massachusetts - Woburn Leukemia in children |
Soggetto non controllato |
cancer clusters
cancer civic action conservation contaminated water contamination corporate responsibility corporations diseases environment regulations environmental impact flint groundwater health policy health legal system leukemia litigation love canal massachusetts medicine nature nonfiction pollution popular science public health public policy safe water science sustainability toxic waste water politics water rights woburn |
ISBN |
1-282-35595-3
9786612355950 0-520-92048-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Foreword -- Preface (1997) -- Preface (1990) -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Town in Turmoil: History and Significance of the Woburn Cluster -- 2. The Formation of an Organized Community -- 3. The Sickness Caused by "Corporate America": Effects of the Woburn Cluster -- 4. Taking Control: Popular Epidemiology -- 5. Making It Safe: Securing Future Health -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817562803321 |
Brown Phil
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] | ||
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