Enemy in the blood : malaria, environment, and development in Argentina / Eric D. Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter.

Contributor:

Eric D..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malaria--Argentina--History.

Malaria.

Malaria--Argentina--Prevention.

Public health--Argentina--History.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1版.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

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 1890's 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 back

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817385958

0817385959

OCLC:

772845318

Publisher Number:

heb40242 hdl