{"product_id":"egypts-other-wars-nancy-gallagher-9780815625070","title":"Egypt's Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree devastating epidemics swept Egypt in the 1940's killing more people than all the wars Egypt has fought in the twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eEgypt's Other Wars\u003c\/i\u003e vividly reconstructs the nation's struggle against malaria, relapsing fever, and cholera and explores the unique combination of forces that put public health at the top of the national political agenda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEgypt in the 1940's as in the throes of a nationalist upheaval. Nationalists of all political ideologies attributed the sever epidemics that the country was experiencing to Egypt's status as an underdeveloped and colonized nation. The epidemics were therefore viewed for the first time as not only a public health crisis but also a political problem that called for a political solution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Gallagher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815625073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815625070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.00w x 0.83d","brand":"Nancy Gallagher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120329388287,"sku":"9780815625070","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd0aa9f7-2981-4664-b71e-d7703054d948.jpg?v=1687413747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/egypts-other-wars-nancy-gallagher-9780815625070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}