The life of a pest an ethnography of biological invasion in Mexico

"The Life of a Pest tracks the work practices of scientists in Mexico as they study flora and fauna at scales ranging from microscopic to ecosystemic. Amid concerns about climate change, infectious disease outbreaks, and biotechnology, scientific research in Mexico has expanded its focus to go...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wanderer, Emily (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California The University of California Press [2020]
Temas:
Biopolitics > Mexico.
Biopolitique > Mexique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Biopolitics
Mexico
axolotl.
biodiversity.
biology.
biopolitics.
biosecurity.
buen vivir.
conservation.
ecology.
ecosystem.
environment.
environmentalism.
geci.
goats.
guadalupe.
immunology.
invasive species.
land management.
latin america.
mexico.
mice.
microbes.
microbiology.
native species.
nature.
nonfiction.
nonhuman animals.
pollution.
salamander.
science.
virus.
vivir bien.
vivir mejor.
whalers.
wildlife.
zoology.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : living better in Mexico
  • From degenerates to regeneration, convicts to conservation
  • The care of the pest and animal betrayals
  • Acclimatizing biosecurity
  • Invisible biologies, embodied environments
  • The bureaucracy of genetic modification
  • Conclusion : vivir mejor and the biodiverse nation

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