Published October, 2020
By Emily Senior
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Caribbean was known as the 'grave of Europeans'. Drawing on a wide range of fictional and non-fictional accounts this book explores the cultural impact of such widespread disease, revealing how literature was crucial to the development and circulation of new medical ideas.

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Published October, 2020
By Elizabeth A. Daniels, Meghan M. Gillen and Charlotte H. Markey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Focused on understanding what it is that makes people feel good about their bodies, this book draws together a leading panel of scientists to provide a provocative and engaging look at how we feel about our physical selves in the twenty-first century, and how we can all feel better than we currently do.

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Published October, 2020
By Ashley P. Duggan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Written for academic researchers, students, and health professionals, this is the first volume to review and synthesize the current literature on health and illness in close relationships. The author provides an integrated theoretical framework for understanding the complexities of health trajectories and relationship processes.

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Published October, 2020
By Andrea Rinaldo, Marino Gatto and Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A summary of state-of-the-art research on how the river environment impacts biodiversity, species invasions, population dynamics, and the spread of waterborne disease. Blending laboratory, field and theoretical studies, it is the go-to reference for graduate students and researchers in river ecology, hydrology, and epidemiology.

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Published October, 2020
By Stefanie Ganger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Stefanie Ganger explores how medical knowledge was shared across diverse societies tied to the Atlantic World between 1751 and 1820. Centred on Peruvian bark or cinchona, from which quinine is derived, she provides fresh perspectives on knowledge exchange and connections in the realm of medicine between the Atlantic empires and beyond.

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Published October, 2020
By Yanzhong Huang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book is for policymakers, students, scholars, and concerned citizens who are interested in Chinese affairs, politics, international relations, the environment, public health, and public policy. Huang presents new evidence of China's deepening health crisis and examines the implications for Chinese politics and China's international ascendance.

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Published October, 2020
By Yanzhong Huang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book is for policymakers, students, scholars, and concerned citizens who are interested in Chinese affairs, politics, international relations, the environment, public health, and public policy. Huang presents new evidence of China's deepening health crisis and examines the implications for Chinese politics and China's international ascendance.

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Published October, 2020
By Lauren Kassell, Nick Hopwood and Rebecca Flemming
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This first history of reproduction from antiquity to the present day defines the field for the early twenty-first century. From contraception to cloning and pregnancy to populations, it revises old stories and tells new ones. Authoritative, accessible and richly illustrated, the book invites students and non-specialists to engage and explore.

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Published October, 2020
By Eva E. Stueken and Michael A. Kipp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The attraction of selenium isotopes as a paleoenvironmental tracer lies in the high redox potential of selenium oxyanions (SeIV and SeVI), the dominant species in the modern ocean. The largest isotopic fractionations occur during oxyanion reduction, which makes selenium isotopes a sensitive proxy for the redox evolution of our planet.

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Published October, 2020
By Owen Bowden-Jones and Dima Abdulrahim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (RCPsych/Cambridge University Press)
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