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Eradication : ridding the world of diseases forever? / Nancy Leys Stepan.
Holman Biotech Commons RA643 .S76 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stepan, Nancy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-1977.
- Soper, Fred Lowe.
- Communicable diseases--Prevention--History.
- Communicable diseases.
- Epidemics--Prevention--History.
- Epidemics.
- Medicine, Preventive--History.
- Medicine, Preventive.
- Health promotion--History.
- Health promotion.
- History.
- Epidemics--Prevention.
- Communicable diseases--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 309 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, NY : Cornell Univeristy Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Timely in light of recent developments in the large scale funding of malaria eradication programs, this volume on the history of the disease eradication movement examines the concept of eradication as it developed over the twentieth century and explores the controversy between single disease advocates and those who promote general healthcare and holistic approaches. The issues are examined against a backdrop of world political and public health developments and discussion of the effects of imperialism, Cold War policy, and technological and economic advances is included. Stepan is professor emeritus of history at Columbia University. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Eradication and public health
- Imperial origins
- Paradoxes: the Rockefeller Era
- Post-war: a capacity for fanaticism
- The end of malaria in the world?
- The last inch: smallpox eradication
- Controversies: eradication today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-299) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801450587
- 0801450586
- OCLC:
- 727704090
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