The “One World One Health Initiative” has attended little to the priorities, concepts and practices of resource-poor communities confronting disease and the implications of these concerns for its biomedical, ecological and institutional approach to disease surveillance and control. Using the...

Beyond the roof of the world -- Recognizing the terrain : a historical background -- The family business : community, kinship and identity -- Social strategies for profit -- Living in a material world : cosmopolitan elites -- The demise of trade : coping with borders -- The memory and legacy of...