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Germ Wars: The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear - Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
Melanie Armstrong
Germ Wars: The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear - Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
Melanie Armstrong
US government has spent billions of dollars to prepare the nation for bioterrorism despite the extremely rare occurrence of biological attacks in American history. This book argues that bioterrorism has emerged as a prominent fear in the modern age, arising with the production of new forms of microbial nature and the changing practices of warfare.
304 pages, 19 b/w images
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 17, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780520292772 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 304 |
Dimensions | 229 × 153 × 19 mm · 420 g |
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