{"product_id":"a-plague-on-your-houses-isbn-9781859842539","title":"A Plague on Your Houses","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Plague on Your Houses\u003c\/i\u003e is a scorching indictment of the decision to close fire companies in New York in the 1970s and a frightening study of the way misguided and malevolent social policy can spark a chain reaction of enormous and unforeseen urban collapse.“\u003ci\u003e A Plague on Your Houses \u003c\/i\u003e breaks new ground for a political ecology of urban decay. It is also a provocative foretale of what ‘radical urban science’ might be.”—Mike Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a book which transcends the boundaries between politics, theory, empirical research and political activism. When was the last time you read something that \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e describes how the connections between policy, community and individual characteristics actually \u003ci\u003ework\u003c\/i\u003e? Wallace and Wallace have woven 20 years’ worth of research, passion and action from the front line into an astonishing narrative.”—\u003ci\u003eCritical Public Health.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Plague on Your Houses\u003c\/i\u003e deserves attention for its insights into the connections among urban communities and the ease with which diseases and social problems of the poor and vulnerable can spread into the mainstream and the suburbs. It asks new questions about the determinants of urban decay and public health, and challenges the dominant paradigm of disease causation mostly related to individual choices and lifestyles.”—\u003ci\u003eJAMA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Mouth of the Dragon: Toxic Fires in the Age of Plastics\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Rodrick Wallace, \u003ci\u003eStudies on the Collapse of the Fire Service in New York City\u003c\/i\u003e. She works as an ecologist for Consumers’ union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRodrick Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e is a research scientist in the Department of Mental Health Epidemiology at the New York State Psychiatric institute.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302073159909,"sku":"NP9781859842539","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781859842539.jpg?v=1767720720","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-plague-on-your-houses-isbn-9781859842539","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}