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Enemy in the blood : malaria, environment, and development in Argentina / Eric D. Carter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carter, Eric D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malaria--Argentina--History--19th century.
- Malaria.
- Malaria--Argentina--History--20th century.
- Malaria--Argentina--Prevention--19th century.
- Malaria--Argentina--Prevention--20th century.
- Public health--Argentina--History--19th century.
- Public health.
- Public health--Argentina--History--20th century.
- Malaria--Control--Argentina--19th century.
- Malaria--Control--Argentina--20th century.
- History.
- Argentina.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- This book 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 disease-ridden interior prevented Argentina from joining the ranks of "modern" nations. The path to eradication, however, was not easy due to complicated public health politics, inappropriate application of foreign malaria control strategies, and a habitual misreading of the distinctive ecology of malaria in the northwest, especially the unique characteristics of the local mosquito vector. Homegrown scientific expertise, a populist public health agenda, and an infusion of new technologies eventually brought a rapid end to malaria's scourge, if not the cure for regional underdevelopment.
- Contents:
- 1 A Cure for Backwardness? The Rationale for Malaria Control 17
- 2 Launching the Campaign 49
- 3 Foreign, National, and Local Influences on Malaria Control 75
- 4 "Think like a Mosquito": Turning the Tide against Malaria 107
- 5 "God Bless General Perón": The Politics and Technologies of Malaria Eradication 141.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817317607
- 0817317600
- OCLC:
- 730412372
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