001479594 000__ 06091nam\a22008295i\4500 001479594 001__ 1479594 001479594 003__ DE-B1597 001479594 005__ 20231026035101.0 001479594 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479594 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479594 008__ 230918t20132013nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479594 020__ $$a9780814724644 001479594 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814724996.001.0001$$2doi 001479594 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547975 001479594 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479594 0410_ $$aeng 001479594 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001479594 050_4 $$aTD428.P54$$bD54 2016 001479594 072_7 $$aSOC002000$$2bisacsh 001479594 08204 $$a363.731$$223 001479594 1001_ $$aDietrich, Alexa S., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001479594 24514 $$aThe Drug Company Next Door :$$bPollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico /$$cAlexa S. Dietrich. 001479594 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2013] 001479594 264_4 $$c©2013 001479594 300__ $$a1 online resource 001479594 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479594 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479594 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479594 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479594 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tKey Events Timeline for Nocorá's Environmental Health -- $$tList of Acronyms -- $$tA Note on Pseudonyms -- $$tIntroduction -- $$tLittle by Little -- $$t1. The Dose Makes the Poison -- $$tProgress -- $$t2. In the Beginning Was the Corporation -- $$tPlaying Politics -- $$t3. The Rituals and Consequences of Community Politics and Dissent -- $$tFresh Minds" on Parade -- $$t4. Environmental Justice Is Not Always Just -- $$tGood Neighbors (A Conversation) -- $$t5. The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Problem of "Stakeholders" -- $$t"Salud te recomienda" -- $$t6. Radical Redistributions of Knowledge -- $$tEpilogue -- $$tAPPENDIX: Community Opinion Questionnaire -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001479594 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479594 520__ $$a"This fascinating and most timely criticalmedical anthropology study successfully binds two still emergent areas ofcontemporary anthropological research in the global world: the nature andsignificant impact of multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers on humansocial life everywhere, and the contribution of corporations to the fast-paceddegradation of our life support system, planet Earth. . . . Focusing on apharmaceutically-impacted town on the colonized island of Puerto Rico, Dietrichably demonstrates the value of ethnography carried out in small places inframing the large issues facing humanity."-Merrill Singer, University of ConnecticutThe production of pharmaceuticals is among themost profitable industries on the planet. Drug companies produce chemicalsubstances that can save, extend, or substantially improve the quality of humanlife.However, even as the companiespresent themselves publicly as health and environmental stewards, theirfactories are a significant source of air and water pollution--toxic to peopleand the environment. In Puerto Rico, the pharmaceutical industry is thebackbone of the island's economy: in one small town alone, there are over adozen drug factories representing five multinationals, the highestconcentration per capita of such factories in the world. It is a place wherethe enforcement of environmental regulations and the public trust they ensureare often violated in the name of economic development.The Drug Company Next Door unites the concerns ofcritical medical anthropology with those of political ecology, investigatingthe multi-faceted role of pharmaceutical corporations as polluters, economicproviders, and social actors. Ratherthan simply demonizing the drug companies, the volume explores the dynamicsinvolved in their interactions with the local community and discusses thestrategies used by both individuals and community groups to deal with the consequencesof pollution.The Drug Company Next Door puts a human face on agrowing set of problems for communities around the world. Accessible and engaging, the book encouragesreaders to think critically about the role of corporations in everyday life,health, and culture. 001479594 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479594 546__ $$aIn English. 001479594 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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