Argues that we need to understand the appeal and persistence of the outbreak narrative because the stories we tell about disease emergence have consequences. This title presents cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines the next Great Plague.
Argues that we need to understand the appeal and persistence of the outbreak narrative because the stories we tell about disease emergence have consequences. This title presents cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines the next Great Plague.
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Imagined Immunities: The Epidemiology of Belonging 29 2. The Healthy Carrier: "Typhoid Mary" and Social Being 68 3. Communicable Americanism: Social Contagion and Urban Spaces 114 4. Viral Cultures: Microbes and Politics in the Cold War 157 5. "The Columbus of AIDS": The Invention of "Patient Zero" 213 Epilogue 264 Notes 271 Works Cited 323 Index 353
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Imagined Immunities: The Epidemiology of Belonging 29 2. The Healthy Carrier: "Typhoid Mary" and Social Being 68 3. Communicable Americanism: Social Contagion and Urban Spaces 114 4. Viral Cultures: Microbes and Politics in the Cold War 157 5. "The Columbus of AIDS": The Invention of "Patient Zero" 213 Epilogue 264 Notes 271 Works Cited 323 Index 353
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