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Drug Company Next Door : Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico...

Description: Drug Company Next Door : Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico, Paperback by Dietrich, Alexa S., ISBN 0814724736, ISBN-13 9780814724736, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US "This fascinating and most timely critical medical anthropology study successfully binds two still emergent areas of contemporary anthropological research in the global world: the nature and significant impact of multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers on human social life everywhere, and the contribution of corporations to the fast-paced degradation of our life support system, planet Earth. Focusing on a pharmaceutically-impacted town on the colonized island of Puerto Rico, Dietrich ably demonstratesthe value of ethnography carried out in small places in framing the large issues facing humanity." --Merrill Singer, University of Connecticut The production of pharmaceuticals is among the most profitable industries on the planet. Drug companies produce chemical substances that can save, extend, or substantially improve the quality of human , even as the companies present themselves publicly as health and environmental stewards, their factories are a significant source of air and water pollution--toxic to people and the environment. In Puerto Rico, the pharmaceutical industry is the backbone of the island's economy: in one small town alone, there are over a dozen drug factories representing five multinationals, the highest concentrationper capita of such factories in the world. It is a place where the enforcement of environmental regulations and the public trust they ensure are often violated in the name of economic development. The Drug Company Next Door unites the concerns of critical medical anthropology with those of political ecology, investigating the multi-faceted role of pharmaceutical corporations as polluters, economic providers, and social than simply demonizing the drug companies, the volume explores the dynamics involved in their interactions with the local community and discusses the strategies used by both individuals and community groups to deal with the consequences of pollution. The Drug Company Next Door puts a human face on a growing set of problems for communities around the and engaging, th encourages readers to think critically about the role of corporations in everyday life, health, and culture. Alexa S. Dietrich is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Wagner College. "--

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Book Title: Drug Company Next Door : Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in

Number of Pages: 251 Pages

Publication Name: Drug Company Next Door : Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico

Language: English

Publisher: New York University Press

Subject: Minority Studies, Environmental / Waste Management, Industries / General, Industries / Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Anthropology / General

Item Height: 0.9 in

Publication Year: 2013

Item Weight: 18.4 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Alexa S. Dietrich

Item Length: 8.9 in

Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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