{"product_id":"pyrrhic-progress-claas-kirchhelle-9780813591476","title":"Pyrrhic Progress: The History of Antibiotics in Anglo-American Food Production","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize from the British Agricultural History Society​\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e​ Outstanding Academic Title​\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Turriano Prize from ICOHTEC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort-listed and highly commended for the Antibiotic Guardian Award from Public Health England​\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the Michel Déon Prize from the Royal Irish Academy​\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePyrrhic Progress\u003c\/i\u003e analyses over half a century of antibiotic use, regulation, and resistance in US and British food production. Mass-introduced after 1945, antibiotics helped revolutionize post-war agriculture. Food producers used antibiotics to prevent and treat disease, protect plants, preserve food, and promote animals' growth. Many soon became dependent on routine antibiotic use to sustain and increase production. The resulting growth of antibiotic infrastructures came at a price. Critics blamed antibiotics for leaving dangerous residues in food, enabling bad animal welfare, and selecting for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria, which could no longer be treated with antibiotics. \u003ci\u003ePyrrhic Progress \u003c\/i\u003ereconstructs the complicated negotiations that accompanied this process of risk prioritization between consumers, farmers, and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. Unsurprisingly, solutions differed: while Europeans implemented precautionary antibiotic restrictions to curb AMR, consumer concerns and cost-benefit assessments made US regulators focus on curbing drug residues in food. The result was a growing divergence of antibiotic stewardship and a rise of AMR. Kirchhelle's comprehensive analysis of evolving non-human antibiotic use and the historical complexities of antibiotic stewardship provides important insights for current debates on the global burden of AMR. This Open Access ebook is available under a CC-BY-NC-ND license, and is supported by a generous grant from Wellcome Trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claas Kirchhelle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813591473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813591476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020","brand":"Claas Kirchhelle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086911549695,"sku":"9780813591476","price":66.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_928197d6-382a-426b-b540-81e7079d0993.jpg?v=1769097282","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pyrrhic-progress-claas-kirchhelle-9780813591476","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}