Death in a small package : a short history of anthrax

Jones, Susan D. 1964- (Author).

Summary: A disease of soil, animals, and people, anthrax has threatened lives for at least two thousand years. Farmers have long recognized its lasting virulence, but in our time, anthrax has been associated with terrorism and warfare. What accounts for this frightening transformation? Death in a Small Package recounts how this ubiquitous agricultural disease came to be one of the deadliest and most feared biological weapons in the world. --From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780801896965
ISBN: 0801896967
Physical Description: print
xviii, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-323) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Infectivity and fear: charbon and the cursed fields -- Availability: understanding the germ of anthrax -- Transmission: anthrax enters the factory -- Casualty effectiveness: war and anthrax -- Resistance: anthrax, the modern laboratory, and the environment -- Detection and verification: the weapon and the disease -- Epilogue: Stories about anthrax.