Edition |
First Owl Books edition, Rev. and expanded. |
Description |
xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Contents |
Preface: Pieta -- Evolution's fast lane -- The virulence of poverty -- The wrong lessons -- 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 -- Year of the rooster -- Avian influenza timeline. |
Note |
"A Metropolitan/Owl book." |
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"Originally published in hardcover in 2005 by the New Press"--T.p. verso. |
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"Additional material 2006 by Mike Davis"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index. |
Subject |
Influenza in Birds -- Popular Works.
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Avian influenza -- Popular works.
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ISBN |
0805081917 |
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9780805081916 |
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