Whether as sublime landscape, malignant wilderness, or a site for environmental conflicts
and eco-tourism, tropical nature is to a great extent an American and European imaginative …

Based on cutting-edge research, these 12 essays examine connections between race and
national identity in Latin America and the Caribbean in the post-independence era. They …

This book develops an examination and critique of human extinction as a result of the 'next
pandemic'and turns attention towards the role of pandemic catastrophe in the renegotiation …

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) infects an estimated 120 million people worldwide, with a further
856 million considered at risk of infection and requiring preventative chemotherapy. The …

In Uneven Encounters, Micol Seigel chronicles the exchange of popular culture between
Brazil and the United States in the years between the World Wars, and demonstrates how …

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Networks in Tropical Medicine explores how European doctors and scientists worked
together across borders to establish the new field of tropical medicine in the late nineteenth …

'Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He
places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the …

In the mid-1950s, with planning and funding from the United States, Mexico embarked on an
ambitious campaign to eradicate malaria, which was widespread and persistent. This new …

Ainda hoje estima-se que na América Latina aproximadamente 13 milhões de pessoas
desconheçam estarem infectadas e sobrevivendo com o vetor da doença de Chagas, de …