{"product_id":"death-in-a-small-package-susan-d-jones-9780801896965","title":"Death in a Small Package: A Short History of Anthrax","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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? \u003ci\u003eDeath in a Small Package\u003c\/i\u003e recounts how this ubiquitous agricultural disease came to be one of the deadliest and most feared biological weapons in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBacillus anthracis\u003c\/i\u003e is lethal. Animals killed by the disease are buried deep underground, where anthrax spores remain viable for decades or even centuries and, if accidentally disturbed, can cause new infections. But anthrax can be deliberately aerosolized and used to kill--as it was in the United States in 2001. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian and veterinarian Susan D. Jones recounts the life story of anthrax through the biology of the bacillus; the political, economic, geographic, and scientific factors that affect anthrax prevalance; and the cultural beliefs about the disease that have shaped human responses to it. She explains how \u003ci\u003eBacillus anthracis\u003c\/i\u003e became domesticated, discusses what researchers have learned from numerous outbreaks, and analyzes how the bacillus came to be weaponized and what this development means for the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJones compellingly narrates the biography of this frightfully hardy disease from the ancient world through the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan D. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801896967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801896965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 5.84w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010 pg. 67","brand":"Susan D. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44365022101759,"sku":"9780801896965","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e72e642-69ae-4fdf-b81d-a9ab27599753.jpg?v=1697056178","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-in-a-small-package-susan-d-jones-9780801896965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}