
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