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646733
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Singer, Merrill
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Anthropology of infectious disease /\ Merrill Singer
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320 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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9781629580432 (hardback)
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: 1629580449 (hardback)
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: 9781629580449 (paperback)
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: 1629580430 (paperback)
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9781629580456 (institutional ebook)
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9781629580463 (consumer ebook)
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Anthropology and the Large Impact of Small Worlds Chapter 1. Defining the Anthropology of Infectious Disease: Toward a Biocultural/Biosocial Understanding Chapter 2. Denizens of the Microbial World Chapter 3. More than Human Chapter 4. Environmental Disruption, Pluralea Processes, and Infectious Diseases Chapter 5. Emergent, Re-emergent and Drug Resistance Infectious Agents Chapter 6. Infectious Disease Syndemics Chapter 7. Inequality and the Political Ecology and Future of Infections Glossary References Index About the Author
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-314) and index
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This book synthesizes the flourishing field of anthropology of infectious disease in a critical, biocultural framework. Leading medical anthropologist Merrill Singer holistically unites the behaviors of microorganisms and the activities of complex social systems, showing how we exist with pathogenic agents of disease in a complex process of co-evolution. He also connects human diseases to larger ecosystems and various other species that are future sources of new human infections. Anthropology of Infectious Disease integrates and advances research in this growing, multifaceted area and offers an ideal supplement to courses in anthropology, public health, development studies, and related fields. Book jacket
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Communicable diseases
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Medical anthropology
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Communicable Diseases
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Anthropology
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Environment
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Socioeconomic Factors
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| Dewey Classification
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616.9
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RA643.S56 2015
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WC 100
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2015 C-924
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