The monster enters : COVID-19, avian flu, and the plagues of capitalism
Davis, Mike, 1946-2022
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A new edition of a classic book on viral catastrophes--the Avian flu, SARS, and now, Covid-19. In his book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike Davis warned of a coming global threat of viral catastrophes. Now in this expanded edition of that 2005 book, Davis explains how the problems he warned of remain, and he sets the Covid-19 pandemic in the context of previous disastrous outbreaks, notably the 1918 influenza disaster that killed at least forty million people in three months and the Avian flu of a decade and a half ago. In language both accessible and authoritative, The Monster Enters surveys the scientific and political roots of today's viral apocalypse. In doing so it exposes the key roles of agribusiness and the fast-food industries, abetted by corrupt governments and a capitalist global system careening out of control, in creating the ecological preconditions for a plague that has brought much of human existence to a juddering halt.
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Author:
Davis, Mike, 1946-, author
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2022.©2020
Collation:
204 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The virulence of poverty -- Birds of Hong Kong -- A messy story -- Pandemic surprise -- The triangle of doom -- Plague and profit -- Edge of the abyss -- Homeland insecurity -- Structural contradictions -- The Titanic paradigm -- Conclusion: Year of the Rooster.
ISBN:
9781839765650 (pbk)9781839765650
Dewey class:
614.592414614.592
Language:
English
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BRN:
515459
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 614.592 DAV | Available |