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1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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.
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Communicable diseases. |
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History. |
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Communicable diseases -- Political aspects.
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Communicable diseases -- Political aspects. |
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Communicable diseases -- Social aspects.
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Communicable diseases -- Social aspects. |
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National security.
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National security. |
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Security, International.
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Security, International. |
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Diseases and history.
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Diseases and history. |
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- prevention & control. |
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Disease Outbreaks -- history. |
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Environmental Health. |
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Health Policy. |
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Security Measures. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Price-Smith, Andrew T.
Health of nations.
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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) |
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0262255537 (electronic book) |
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0262662035 (paper) |
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9780262662031 (paper) |
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0262162482 (cloth) |
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9780262162487 (cloth) |
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1282240226 |
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9781282240223 |
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