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Germ Wars: The Politics of Microbes and America´s Landscape of Fear
Melanie Armstrong
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The United States government has spent billions of dollars to prepare the nation for bioterrorism despite the extremely rare occurrence of biological attacks in modern American history. Germ Wars 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. In the last century, revolutions in biological science have made visible a vast microscopic world, and in this same era we have watched the rise of a global war on terror. Germ Wars demonstrates that these movements did not occur separately but ... Read more
The United States government has spent billions of dollars to prepare the nation for bioterrorism despite the extremely rare occurrence of biological attacks in modern American history. Germ Wars 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. In the last century, revolutions in biological science have made visible a vast microscopic world, and in this same era we have watched the rise of a global war on terror. Germ Wars demonstrates that these movements did not occur separately but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520292772
SKU
V9780520292772
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About Melanie Armstrong
Melanie Armstrong is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and the Public Lands Coordinator at Western State Colorado University.
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