Breathing Space: How Allergies Shape Our Lives And Landscapes

摘要

In this groundbreaking work, Mitman explores how the ecology of disease is a force of human and natural history that leaves its mark not only on the landscape, but also on the human body. The story of "hay fever" is also the story of the development of nature tourism, urban planning, and the postwar pharmaceutical boom. Americans seeking relief have changed where they live, what they build their homes with, what they buy, what activities they participate in, and even the chemistry of their own bodies.