The monster enters : COVID-19, avian flu and the plagues of capitalism /

"With this expanded and revised version of his earlier book, The Monster at Our Door, renowned activist and author Mike Davis brings an unsparing eye to bear on the COVID-19 pandemic now sweeping the world. He sets the current crisis in the context of previous viral catastrophes, notably the 19...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davis, Mike, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; London : OR Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Since 2020
Communicable diseases > History > Popular works.
Communicable diseases > Economic aspects.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
COVID-19 (Disease) > Popular works.
Avian influenza > Popular works.
Maladies infectieuses > Histoire > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Maladies infectieuses > Aspect économique.
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020-
COVID-19 > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Grippe aviaire > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Avian influenza.
Communicable diseases.
COVID-19 (Disease)
History.
Popular works.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the monster enters
  • Preface : the monster at our door
  • 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.

Similar Items