Davis, Mike, 1946-

The monster at our door : the global threat of bird flu / Mike Davis. - New York : New Press, 2006. - viii, 216 pages : illustrated ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface : Pieta -- 1. Evolution's fast lane -- 2. The virulence of poverty -- 3. The wrong lessons -- 4. Birds of Hong Kong -- 5. A messy story -- 6. Pandemic surprise -- 7. The triangle of doom -- 8. Plague and profit -- 9. Edge of the abyss -- 10. Homeland insecurity -- 11. Structural contradictions -- 12. The Titanic paradigm -- Conclusion : year of the rooster.

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