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Author Carter, Eric D.

Title Enemy in the Blood : Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (303 pages)
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Contents List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Sickness in the Land; 1. A Cure for Backwardness? : The Rationale for Malaria Control; 2. Launching the Campaign; 3. Foreign, National, and Local Influences on Malaria Control; 4. "Think like a Mosquito": Turning the Tide Against Malaria; 5. "God Bless General Perón": the Politics and Technologies of Malaria Eradication; Conclusion: Malaria, Geography, and Lessons for Today; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Enemy in the Blood: Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina examines the dramatic yet mostly forgotten history of malaria control in northwest Argentina. Carter traces the evolution of malaria science and policy in Argentina from the disease's emergence as a social problem in the 1890s to its effective eradication by 1950. Malaria-control proponents saw the campaign as part of a larger project of constructing a modern identity for Argentina. Insofar as development meant building a more productive, rational, and hygienic society, the perceptions of a culturally backwards and d.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language English.
Subject Malaria -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century.
Malaria -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
Malaria -- Argentina -- Prevention -- 19th century.
Malaria -- Argentina -- Prevention -- 20th century.
Public health -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century.
Public health -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
Malaria -- Control -- Argentina -- 19th century.
Malaria -- Control -- Argentina -- 20th century.
Malaria -- history
Malaria -- prevention & control
Public Health -- history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Argentina
Paludisme -- Argentine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Paludisme -- Argentine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Paludisme -- Argentine -- Prévention -- 19e siècle.
Paludisme -- Argentine -- Prévention -- 20e siècle.
Santé publique -- Argentine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Santé publique -- Argentine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Paludisme -- Lutte contre -- Argentine -- 19e siècle.
Paludisme -- Lutte contre -- Argentine -- 20e siècle.
Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious.
MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases.
Malaria
Malaria -- Prevention
Public health
Argentina https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrjkRFYtgPrCcwjFWYyd
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Carter, Eric D. Enemy in the Blood : Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2012 9780817317607
ISBN 9780817385958 (electronic bk.)
0817385959 (electronic bk.)
9780817317607 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0817317600 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000051449365
DEBBG BV040094186
DEBBG BV043032336
DEBBG BV044188180
DEBSZ 421467509
NZ1 14687349

 
    
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