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Radical prescription : citizenship and the politics of tuberculosis in twentieth-century Cuba / Kelly Urban.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Urban, Kelly, author.
- Series:
- Envisioning Cuba
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tuberculosis--Cuba--History--20th century.
- Tuberculosis.
- Public health--Cuba--History--20th century.
- Public health.
- Medical policy--Cuba--History--20th century.
- Medical policy.
- Cuba--History--1895-.
- Cuba.
- Cuba--Politics and government--1895-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- Introduction. Politicosis: Tuberculosis in/as Cuban History
- The Sick Republic: Forging Health Rights in an Era of Revolution
- Tuberculosis as Statecraft: Fulgencio Batista and the National Tuberculosis Council
- Striking for Streptomycin: Grassroots Health Activism under the Auténticos
- A Medical Monument: The General Batista Sanatorium
- A Shuttered Laboratory: Tuberculosis Policy Shifts in the Early Revolution
- Therapeutic Revolution: The Boundaries of Health Citizenship under Socialism
- Conclusion. The Battleground of Health: From the Special Period to COVID-19.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781469673103 (electronic bk.)
- 146967310X (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031721517
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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