An “important and deeply researched” (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cutting-edge science that is illuminating the changes in our environment and lifestyles that are making so many of us sick Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have an allergy or you know someone who does. Billions of people wor...(展开全部)

作者： 特雷莎·麦克费尔（Theresa MacPhail） 医学人类学家，作家，史蒂文斯理工学院人文、艺术和社会科学学院副教授。她在美国加州大学伯克利分校获得医学人类学博士学位，是美国人类学协会会员、2018年NEH（美国国家人文基金会）公共学者，研究和写作集中在全球健康、生物医学和疾病领域。如今，她和她的猫以及数十亿尘螨一同住在布鲁克林。 译者： 秦琪凯，麻省总医院和哈佛医学院博士后研究员，博士毕业于上海科技大学（生命科学与技术学院和iHuman研究所）。译有《优雅的守卫者》。

作者： 特雷莎·麦克费尔（Theresa MacPhail） 医学人类学家，作家，史蒂文斯理工学院人文、艺术和社会科学学院副教授。她在美国加州大学伯克利分校获得医学人类学博士学位，是美国人类学协会会员、2018年NEH（美国国家人文基金会）公共学者，研究和写作集中在全球健康、生物医学和疾病领域。如今，她和她的猫以及数十亿尘螨一同住在布鲁克林。 译者： 秦琪凯，麻省总医院和哈佛医学院博士后研究员，博士毕业于上海科技大学（生命科学与技术学院和iHuman研究所）。译有《优雅的守卫者》。

This engaging text introduces students to the world of media through a unique structure that makes the material easily intelligible and meaningful to their lives. Each chapter is divided into three-part narrative sections, including: history, industry, and controversy. The Third Edition features updated statistics and current examples.

This engaging text introduces students to the world of media through a unique structure that makes the material easily intelligible and meaningful to their lives. Each chapter is divided into three-part narrative sections: history, industry, and controversy. "Mass Media in a Changing World" is the story of where the media came from, why they do what they do, and why those actio...(展开全部)

We have built a world that no longer fits our bodies. Our genes - selected through our evolution - and the many processes by which our development is tuned within the womb, limit our capacity to adapt to the modern urban lifestyle. There is a mismatch. We are seeing the impact of this mismatch in the explosion of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. But it also has consequences...(展开全部)

In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions, and rituals from a sociological perspective. C...(展开全部)

Something gleeful and malevolent is moving in Lia’s body, learning her life from the inside out. A shape-shifter. A disaster tourist. It’s travelling down the banks of her canals. It’s spreading. When a sudden diagnosis upends Lia’s world, the boundaries between her past and her present begin to collapse. Deeply buried secrets stir awake. As the voice prowling in Lia takes hold...(展开全部)

Something gleeful and malevolent is moving in Lia’s body, learning her life from the inside out. A shape-shifter. A disaster tourist. It’s travelling down the banks of her canals. It’s spreading. When a sudden diagnosis upends Lia’s world, the boundaries between her past and her present begin to collapse. Deeply buried secrets stir awake. As the voice prowling in Lia takes hold...(展开全部)