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13 produkter
Fear
An Alternative History of the World
Inbunden, 2023
280 kr
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It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of God, of famine, war, disease, poverty, and …
Epidemics in Modern Asia
Häftad, 2016
418 kr
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Epidemics have played a critical role in shaping modern Asia. Encompassing two centuries of Asian history, Robert Peckham explores the profound impact that infectious disease has had on societies across the region: from India to China and the Russian Far East. The book tracks the links between …
Disease and Crime
A History of Social Pathologies and the New Politics of Health
Inbunden, 2013
2578 kr
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Disease and crime are increasingly conflated in the contemporary world. News reports proclaim "epidemics" of crime, while politicians denounce terrorism as a lethal pathological threat. Recent years have even witnessed the development of a new subfield, "epidemiological criminology," which merges …
Epidemics in Modern Asia
Inbunden, 2016
1509 kr
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Epidemics have played a critical role in shaping modern Asia. Encompassing two centuries of Asian history, Robert Peckham explores the profound impact that infectious disease has had on societies across the region: from India to China and the Russian Far East. The book tracks the links between …
Disease and Crime
A History of Social Pathologies and the New Politics of Health
E-bok, 2013
768 kr
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Disease and crime are increasingly conflated in the contemporary world. News reports proclaim "epidemics" of crime, while politicians denounce terrorism as a lethal pathological threat. Recent years have even witnessed the development of a new subfield, "epidemiological criminology," which merges …
Disease and Crime
A History of Social Pathologies and the New Politics of Health
E-bok, 2013
785 kr
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Disease and crime are increasingly conflated in the contemporary world. News reports proclaim "epidemics" of crime, while politicians denounce terrorism as a lethal pathological threat. Recent years have even witnessed the development of a new subfield, "epidemiological criminology," which merges …
Disease and Crime
A History of Social Pathologies and the New Politics of Health
Häftad, 2015
669 kr
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This book maps the tensions, overlaps, and contradictions within and between social and biological understandings of disease and crime. It considers how and why disease—and, in particular, infectious disease—has come, reciprocally, to be framed as 'criminal.'
Epidemics in Modern Asia
E-bok, 2016
403 kr
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Epidemics have played a critical role in shaping modern Asia. Encompassing two centuries of Asian history, Robert Peckham explores the profound impact that infectious disease has had on societies across the region: from India to China and the Russian Far East. The book tracks the links between …
Epidemics in Modern Asia
E-bok, 2016
392 kr
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Epidemics have played a critical role in shaping modern Asia. Encompassing two centuries of Asian history, Robert Peckham explores the profound impact that infectious disease has had on societies across the region: from India to China and the Russian Far East. The book tracks the links between …
Fear
An Alternative History of the World
E-bok, 2023
162 kr
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''Extraordinary'' Ai Weiwei''Brilliant'' Simon SchamaFear has long been a driving force - perhaps the driving force - of world history: a coercive tool of power and a catalyst for radical change. Here, Robert Peckham traces its transformative role over a millennium, from fears of famine and war to …
Fear
An Alternative History of the World
Häftad, 2024
149 kr
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'Extraordinary' Ai Weiwei'Brilliant' Simon SchamaFear has long been a driving force - perhaps the driving force - of world history: a coercive tool of power and a catalyst for radical change. Here, Robert Peckham traces its transformative role over a millennium, from fears of famine and war to …
Imperial Contagions
Medicine, Hygiene, and Cultures of Planning in Asia
Av Robert Peckham, David Pomfret
Häftad, 2014
435 kr
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Imperial Contagions argues that there was no straightforward shift from older, enclavist models of colonial medicine to a newer emphasis on prevention and treatment of disease among indigenous populations as well as European residents. It shows that colonial medicine was not at all homogeneous "on …
Empires of Panic – Epidemics and Colonial Anxieties
Av Robert Peckham, Robert Peckham
Inbunden, 2015
603 kr
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Empires of Panic is the first book to explore how panics have been historically produced, defined, and managed across different colonial, imperial, and post-imperial settings-from early nineteenth-century East Asia to twenty-first-century America. Contributors consider panic in relation to colonial …
