Enemy in the Blood :: Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina /

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 189...

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Main Author: Carter, Eric D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2012.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (303 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817385958
0817385959

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