Jackson, Mark, 1959-
Allergy : the history of a modern malady / Mark Jackson - 288 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
"Allergy is a modern malady. A century ago, even the term allergy was unknown, and ailments such as asthma and eczema were considered to be rare and non-fatal conditions that afflicted only the upper classes of Western society. Yet, as Mark Jackson reveals in this ground-breaking book, by the 1990s allergy had exploded into a set of diseases of great medical, cultural and political significance." "In Allergy, Jackson traces how allergy became the archetypal 'disease of civilization', generating global political concerns about the relationship between health and the environment and stimulating anxieties about the detrimental effects of modern living."--BOOK JACKET
9781861892713 1861892713
Allergy
Allergy--History
Social medicine
Hypersensitivity--history
Disease Outbreaks--history
History, 20th Century
Social Environment
RA645.A44 / J32 2006
614.5993
Allergy : the history of a modern malady / Mark Jackson - 288 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
"Allergy is a modern malady. A century ago, even the term allergy was unknown, and ailments such as asthma and eczema were considered to be rare and non-fatal conditions that afflicted only the upper classes of Western society. Yet, as Mark Jackson reveals in this ground-breaking book, by the 1990s allergy had exploded into a set of diseases of great medical, cultural and political significance." "In Allergy, Jackson traces how allergy became the archetypal 'disease of civilization', generating global political concerns about the relationship between health and the environment and stimulating anxieties about the detrimental effects of modern living."--BOOK JACKET
9781861892713 1861892713
Allergy
Allergy--History
Social medicine
Hypersensitivity--history
Disease Outbreaks--history
History, 20th Century
Social Environment
RA645.A44 / J32 2006
614.5993