Bioinsecurities: Disease Interventions, Empire, and the Government of Species

by Neel Ahuja

Book Overview

In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja argues that U.S. imperial expansion has been shaped by the attempts of health and military officials to control the interactions of humans, animals, viruses, and bacteria at the borders of U.S. influence, a phenomenon called the government of species. The book explores efforts to control the spread of Hansen's disease, venereal disease, polio, smallpox, and HIV through interventions linking the continental United...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822360632
• ISBN13: 9780822360636
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"