The Dread Plague and the Cow Killers: The Politics of Animal Disease in Mexico and the World

ISBN-13: 9781108844482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Thomas Rath

Opis

The story of how a massive outbreak of animal disease transformed Mexican politics, society, science, and the wider world.

Recenzje

'Rath's story of cows and how to kill them is an extraordinary work. Told with verve, intelligence and a wry wit, it is an original meeting of political, environmental and new US imperial history. It also lays out - with clarity and style - the emergence of Mexico's one-party state. One of the two or three most important books on mid-century Mexico.' Benjamin T. Smith, author of The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Animals and government in Mexico; 2. Sharing sovereignty in a technical commission; 3. Spiking the sanitary rifle: Argument and opposition; 4. Soldiers, syringes, surveys, and secrets: Encountering resistance; 5. Making a livestock state; 6. Mexico and the Cold War on animal disease; Afterword.