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Author Price-Smith, Andrew T.

Title Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization / Andrew T. Price-Smith.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.
Contents Theory and exegesis : on health and the body politic -- Epidemic disease, history, and the state -- Pandemic influenza : on sclerosis in governance -- HIV/AIDS, state capacity, and national security : lessons from Zimbabwe -- Mad cows and Englishmen : BSE and the politics of discord -- Epidemic of fear : SARS and the political economy of contagion in the Pacific Rim -- War as a "disease amplifier" -- On health, power, and security.
Summary 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Communicable diseases -- History.
Communicable diseases.
History.
Communicable diseases -- Political aspects.
Communicable diseases -- Political aspects.
Communicable diseases -- Social aspects.
Communicable diseases -- Social aspects.
National security.
National security.
Security, International.
Security, International.
Diseases and history.
Diseases and history.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- prevention & control.
Disease Outbreaks -- history.
Environmental Health.
Health Policy.
Security Measures.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Price-Smith, Andrew T. Health of nations.
Other Form: Print version: Price-Smith, Andrew T. Contagion and chaos. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009 9780262162487 0262162482 (DLC) 2008021363 (OCoLC)228569418
ISBN 9780262255530 (electronic book)
0262255537 (electronic book)
0262662035 (paper)
9780262662031 (paper)
0262162482 (cloth)
9780262162487 (cloth)
1282240226
9781282240223