Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization
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An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease. Historians from Thucydides to William McNeill have pointed to the connections between disease and civil society. Political scientists have investigated the relationship of public health to governance, introducing the concept of health security. In Contagion...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262662035
ISBN13:9780262662031
Release Date:December 2008
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:294 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Related Subjects
Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Clinical Communicable Diseases Epidemiology Health Policy History Infectious Disease Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Medical Medical Books Medicine Medicine & Health Sciences Political Freedom Political History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Health Reference Research Special TopicsCustomer Reviews
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