Breathing space : how allergies shape our lives and landscapes / Gregg Mitman.

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Mitman, Gregg.

Title & Author:

Breathing space : how allergies shape our lives and landscapes / Gregg Mitman.

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xv, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-295) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Hay fever holiday -- 2. When pollen became poison -- 3. The last resorts -- 4. Choking cities -- 5. On the home front -- 6. An inhaler in every pocket -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

Summary:

Breathing Space offers an intimate portrait of how allergic disease has shaped American culture, landscape, and life. Drawing on environmental, medical, and cultural history and the life stories of people, plants, and insects, Mitman traces how America's changing environment from the late 1800s to the present day has led to the epidemic growth of allergic disease. We have seen a neverending stream of solutions to combat allergies, from hay fever resorts, herbicides, and airconditioned homes to numerous potions and pills. But, as Mitman shows, despite the quest for a magic bullet, none of the attempted solutions has succeeded. Until we address how our changing environment -- physical, biological, social, and economic -- has helped to create America's allergic landscape, that hoped for success will continue to elude us. From the dust jacket.

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9780300110357 (alk. paper)
0300110359 (alk. paper)
9780300143157 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
030014315X (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Respiratory allergy Popular works.
Respiratory allergy Environmental aspects.
Asthma history
Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal history
Inhalation Exposure history
Anti-Asthmatic Agents history
Anti-Allergic Agents history
History, 20th Century
Allergie respiratoire Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Allergie respiratoire Aspect de l'environnement.
Médecine Histoire 20e siècle.
Respiratory allergy
Allergie
Atemwege
Allergie respiratoire.
Astma historia Förenta staterna.
Snuva.
Allergi.
Antiallergiska medel historia förenta staterna.
Inhalering.
United States
Anti-Allergic Agents history United States Anti-Asthmatic Agents History, 20th Century Inhalation Exposure Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal.

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Popular works

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Location: Library main 288225
Call No.: BIB 229852
Status: Available

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