The Politics of Disease

An American History from Columbus to Covid

David R. Petriello (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

247 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9110-7 (ISBN)

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Even a pandemic is subject to politics. Disease has always been a catalyst for change, influencing wars, the rise and fall of leaders, economics, religion, art, and, most certainly, people's lives. Disease, as Covid demonstrates, can be politicized as well. While the pandemic that erupted in 2019 may be the most politicized in American history, it is far from the only one. Indeed, disease has afflicted the United States since the beginning, and it has been exploited by politicians, the media, and others to further their agendas. Parties have defined disease, and disease has defined political parties.

From the 16th century to the present, this work traces the interactions of disease and politics in the United States. Major pandemics, local outbreaks, and even presidential illnesses are all examined to see how political parties have seized upon their origins, spread, and treatment to promote their own ideologies. Immigration, civil rights, gender, war, economics, public health, modernization, and elections are all discussed in relation to the outbreaks. The book demonstrates how disease helped secure independence, led to the writing of the Constitution, brought America into the War of 1812 and the Spanish-American War, led to limits on immigration, kept the United States out of the League of Nations, led to women voting, produced two political parties--and more.

David R. Petriello teaches history at Caldwell University in Caldwell, New Jersey. He specializes in disease and its impact on history. He has previously written books on military history, Chinese history, and the role of disease in history.

Table of Contents

Introduction

I. Disease and the Conquest of the Americas

II. Inoculation Intrigue

III. A Nation Forged in Gout

IV. Mosquitos and the Emergence of Political Parties

V. Buffalo Fever and the Anti-War Movement

VI. “A people so well fed and so clean”: Cholera and Jacksonian Politics

VII. Presidential Poxes

VIII. “The Wretched Refuse”: Disease and 19th-Century Immigration Debates

IX. Rashes and Reforms

X. The Pox of Progressivism: Vaccinations

XI. The Pox of Progressivism: Culling the Herd

XII. Disease and the Democratic Process

XIII. Immigration and Illness in the 20th Century

XIV. The AIDS Epidemic?

XV. Moon Fever

XVI. The “Wuhan” Virus

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.01.2023
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-9110-X / 147669110X
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9110-7 / 9781476691107
Zustand	Neuware