Bio-Imperialism : Disease, Terror, and the Construction of National Fragility /

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"Bio-imperialism focuses on an understudied dimension of the war on terror-the fight against bioterrorism. This component of the war included the enlistment of bioscientists and health workers to augment U.S. biodefense and disease control infrastructure, advancing U.S. control over biological...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: D'Arcangelis, Gwen Shuni (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Racism > Political aspects.
National security.
Diplomatic relations.
Bioterrorism.
Biological warfare.
Racism > Political aspects > United States.
Biological warfare > United States.
National security > United States.
Bioterrorism > United States.
United States.
United States > Foreign relations.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Bio-imperialism and the entanglement of bioscience, public health, and national security
  • The making of the technoscientific Other: tales of terrorism, development, and Third World morality
  • From practicing safe science to keeping science out of "dangerous hands": U.S. exceptionalism, technoscientific faith, and the resurgence of "biodefense"
  • Coopting Caregiving: softening militarism, feminizing the nation
  • Preparedness migrates: pandemics, germ extraction, and "global health security"
  • Epilogue: Repurposing science and public health.

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