The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change, and Their Effects on National Security and Development

by Andrew T. Price-Smith

In recent decades, new pathogens such as HIV, the Ebola virus, and the BSE prion have emerged, while old scourges such as tuberculosis, cholera, and malaria have grown increasingly resistant to treatment. The global spread of disease does not threaten the human species, but it threatens the prosperity and stability of human societies. In this pathbreaking book, Andrew Price-Smith investigates the influence of infectious disease on nations' stability...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262661233
• ISBN13: 9780262661232
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher