Nash, Linda (Author)
University of California Press
Physical Details: xiii + 332 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description On the shifting understanding of the causes of disease in America from the 19th to the 20th century, indicating the move away from discussion about environmental causation and back again in response to the rise of germ theory.
Review Sutter, Paul S. (2008) Review of "Inescapable Ecologies: A History of Environment, Disease, and Knowledge". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 202).
Review Walker, Brett (2007) Review of "Inescapable Ecologies: A History of Environment, Disease, and Knowledge". Journal of American History (p. 530).
Essay Review Howell, David L. (2011) May Be Hazardous to Your Health. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 104-111).
Essay Review Peset, José Luis (2012) Enfermedad e Historia Ecológica. Asclepio: Archivo Iberoamericano de Historia de la Medicina (pp. 277-283).
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