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Author Mitman, Gregg

Title Breathing space : how allergies shape our lives and landscapes / Gregg Mitman
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Hay Fever Holiday -- When Pollen Became Poison -- The Last ResortsChoking Cities -- On the Home Front -- An Inhaler in Every Pocket
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-295) and index
Notes English
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Subject Respiratory allergy -- Popular works
Respiratory allergy -- Environmental aspects
Asthma -- history
Anti-Allergic Agents -- history
Anti-Asthmatic Agents -- history
History, 20th Century
Inhalation Exposure -- history
Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal -- history
MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Respiratory.
SCIENCE -- General.
Respiratory allergy
United States
Genre/Form Popular works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300138320
0300138326
9786611729011
6611729011