TY  - GEN
T1  - Breathing space : how allergies shape our lives and landscapes
A1  - Mitman, Gregg
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2007
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn173818346
AB  - 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.
OP  - 312
CN  - RC589 .M58 2007eb
SN  - 9780300138320
SN  - 0300138326
SN  - 9786611729011
SN  - 6611729011
SN  - 9780300110357
SN  - 0300110359
SN  - 1281729019
SN  - 9781281729019
KW  - Respiratory allergy : Popular works.
KW  - Respiratory allergy : Environmental aspects.
KW  - Asthma : history
KW  - Anti-Allergic Agents : history
KW  - Anti-Asthmatic Agents : history
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - Inhalation Exposure : history
KW  - Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal : history
KW  - United States
KW  - Allergie respiratoire : Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
KW  - Allergie respiratoire : Aspect de l'environnement.
KW  - Médecine : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - MEDICAL : Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS : Diseases : Respiratory.
KW  - SCIENCE : General.
KW  - Respiratory allergy
KW  - Popular works
ER  -