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Navigating the Threat of Pandemic

Date Published: 3/5/2020

Amid the worldwide spread of COVID-19, it’s a challenging time, and our thoughts are with those affected by this disease. In support and solidarity, we present the following books and journal articles to help build knowledge and understanding of how we navigate the spread of communicable diseases.

The introduction to each book is free, and books may be purchased at dukeupress.edu.



ARTICLE COLLECTION

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law / COVID-19 Articles

Jonathan Oberlander, editor
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2020


BOOK

Avian Reservoirs: Virus Hunters and Birdwatchers in Chinese Sentinel Posts

Frédéric Keck
2020


JOURNAL ISSUE

The Politics of Communicable Disease Control in Europe

Scott L. Greer, editor
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 37:6, 2012


ARTICLE COLLECTION

Historical Perspectives on Pandemics in Mexico

Samantha Davis, curator
Hispanic American Historic Review 2020


BOOK

Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative

Priscilla Wald
2008


JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sars Epidemic and the Disclosure of Singapore Nation

Chua Beng Huat
Cultural Politics 2:1, 2006


JOURNAL ARTICLE

Infectious Disease Surveillance in the United States and the United Kingdom: From Public Goods to the Challenges of New Technologies

Tony Barnett and Corinna Sorenson
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 36:1, 2011


JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Paradoxical Politics of Viral Containment; or, How Scale Undoes Us One and All

Ed Cohen
Social Text 106, 2011


BOOK

Bodily Matters: The Anti-Vaccination Movement in England, 1853–1907

Nadja Durbach
2004


JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Tale of Many Cities: A Contemporary Historical Study of the Implementation of School Closures During the 2009 pA(H1N1) Influenza Pandemic

J. Alexander Navarro, Katrin S. Kohl, Martin S. Cetron, and Howard Markel
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 41:3, 2016


JOURNAL ARTICLE

Red State, Blue State, Flu State: Media Self-Selection and Partisan Gaps in Swine Flu Vaccinations

Matthew A. Baum
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 36:6, 2011


BOOK

Virulent Zones: Animal Disease and Global Health at China’s Pandemic Epicenter

Lyle Fearnley
2020


BOOK

Tell Me Why My Children Died: Rabies, Indigenous Knowledge, and Communicative Justice

Charles L. Briggs and Clara Mantini-Briggs
2016


JOURNAL ARTICLE

Avoiding the Smallpox Spirits: Colonial Epidemics and Southeastern Indian Survival

Paul Kelton
Ethnohistory 51:1, 2004


BOOK

Cinematic Prophylaxis: Globalization and Contagion in the Discourse of World Health

Kirsten Ostherr
2005


BOOK

Disease in the History of Modern Latin America: From Malaria to AIDS

Diego Armus, editor
2003


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