Rockefeller Foundation, Public Health and International Diplomacy, 1920–1945

AvJosep L Barona

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine

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Beskrivning

Based on extensive archival research, this study examines the role of the Rockefeller Foundation and the League of Nations in improving public health during the interwar period. Barona argues that the Foundation applied a model of business efficiency to its ideology of spreading good health, creating a revolution in public health practice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-07-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781848935679

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Josep L Barona is professor of the history of science at the University of Valencia. He has taught courses on the history of medicine and the history of biological thinking as part of medicine and biology degrees. His research interests cover health and sanitation in rural areas in contemporary Spain and Europe, nutrition, hunger and health: the political economy of scientific knowledge, and scientific exile and the Spanish Civil War.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Chapter 1 International Diplomacy Meets Public Health; Chapter 2 The First Great Intervention: Epidemics and Famine in Eastern Europe; Chapter 3 The Extension of the Collaborative Programme; Chapter 4 International Health and the End of the League of Nations: Gautier’s Evaluation; Chapter 5 Some General Conclusions;