Germ Wars : The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear / / Melanie Armstrong |
Autore | Armstrong Melanie <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.325/35610973 |
Collana | Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics |
Soggetto topico |
Biopolitics
Bioterrorism - United States - Psychological aspects Bioterrorism - United States - Prevention |
Soggetto non controllato |
activism
activist america american government american history american biological science biological weapon biologist biology bioterrorism biowarfare contemporary dangerous disease germ warfare government spending government microbes modern world policymaker politics revolution scientific united states government united states history us government us history warfare |
ISBN | 0-520-96614-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Political Ecologies of Bioterror -- 1. "Smallpox Is Dead". The Public Health Campaign to (Almost) Eradicate a Species -- 2. Microbes for War and Peace On the Military Origins of Containment -- 3. The Wild Microbiological West Fighting Ticks and Weighing Risks -- 4. Agents of Care. Bioterrorism Preparedness at the CDC -- 5. Simulation Science. Securing the Future -- 6. Bioterror Borderlands. Of Nature and Nation -- Conclusion. "Freaked Out Yet?" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156235103321 |
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Ghost dances and identity [[electronic resource] ] : prophetic religion and American Indian ethnogenesis in the nineteenth century / / Gregory E. Smoak |
Autore | Smoak Gregory E. <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina | 299.7/98/09034 |
Soggetto topico |
Ghost dance - History - 19th century
Shoshoni Indians - Rites and ceremonies Shoshoni Indians - Religion Shoshoni Indians - Ethnic identity Bannock Indians - Rites and ceremonies Bannock Indians - Religion Bannock Indians - Ethnic identity |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century american history
19th century native american history american indian ghost dance movement american indians bannocks cultural studies ethnogenesis ghost dance history identity indigenous cultures indigenous peoples missionary nationalism native american culture native americans native peoples new religion politics prophets race in america religion reservation life shamans shoshones social identity spiritual supernatural forces united states government united states of america |
ISBN |
1-282-36058-2
9786612360589 0-520-94172-1 1-59875-801-2 |
Classificazione | LC 33610 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Endings and Beginnings -- Part One. Identity and Prophecy in the Newe World -- Part Two. Identity, Prophecy, and Reservation Life -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783670703321 |
Smoak Gregory E. <1962->
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