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Pyrrhic Progress : the History of Antibiotics in Anglo-American Food Production /
Pyrrhic Progress analyses over half a century of antibiotic use, regulation, and resistance in US and British food production. Mass-introduced after 1945, antibiotics helped revolutionize post-war agriculture. Food producers used antibiotics to prevent and treat disease, protect plants, preserve foo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. The Sound of Coughing Pigs
- Part I. USA: From Industrialized Agriculture to Manufactured Hazards, 1949-1967
- Introduction
- 2. Picking One's Poisons: Antibiotics and the Public
- 3. Chemical Cornucopia: Antibiotics on the Farm
- 4. Toxic Priorities: Antibiotics and the FDA
- Part II. Britain: From Rationing to Gluttony, 1945-1969
- Introduction
- 5. Fusing Concerns: Antibiotics and the British Public
- 6. Bigger, Better, Faster: Antibiotics and British Farming
- 7. Typing Resistance: Antibiotic Regulation in Britain
- Part III. USA: The Problem of Plenty, 1967-2013
- Introduction
- 8. Marketplace Environmentalism: Antibiotics, Public Concerns, and Consumer Solutions
- 9. Light-Green Reform: Antibiotic Change on American Farms
- 10. Statutory Defeat: Voluntarism and the Limits of FDA Power
- Part IV. Britain: From Gluttony to Fear, 1970-2018
- Introduction
- 11. Between Swann Patriotism and BSE: Antibiotics in the Public Sphere
- 12. Persistent Infrastructures: Antibiotic Reform and British Farming
- 13. Swann Song: British Antibiotic Policy After 1969
- Conclusion: Antibiotics Unleashed
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author