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Missionaries of science : the Rockefeller Foundation and Latin America / edited by Marcos Cueto. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Philanthropic studies
- Philanthropic studies Missionaries of science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rockefeller Foundation.
- Medicine--Research--Latin America--International cooperation.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Research--United States--International cooperation.
- Research--Latin America--International cooperation.
- Research.
- Research--United States--International cooperation.
- Science--Social aspects--Latin America.
- Science.
- Social medicine--Latin America.
- Social medicine.
- Foundations.
- Natural Science Disciplines.
- Internationality.
- Occupations.
- Social Sciences.
- International Cooperation.
- Latin America.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Foundations.
- Medicine.
- Rockefeller Foundation.
- Research.
- Natural Science Disciplines.
- Internationality.
- Occupations.
- Social Sciences.
- Science.
- International Cooperation.
- Latin America.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 171 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Concerns impact of American philanthropy on public health, agriculture, and science in Latin America and relations with State authority from 1920s-60s, with particular attention to Brazil and Mexico"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
- Contents:
- 1. Visions of Science and Development: The Rockefeller Foundation's Latin American Surveys of the 1920s / Marcos Cueto
- 2. Nationalism and Public Health: The Convergence of Rockefeller Foundation Technique and Brazilian Federal Authority during the Time of Yellow Fever, 1925-1930 / Steven C. Williams
- 3. The Rockefeller Foundation in Revolutionary Mexico: Yellow Fever in Yucatan and Veracruz / Armando Solorzano
- 4. Exporting American Agriculture: The Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico, 1943-1953 / Deborah Fitzgerald
- 5. The Rockefeller Foundation's Mexican Agricultural Project: A Cross-Cultural Encounter, 1943-1949 / Joseph Cotter
- 6. The Rockefeller Foundation's Medical Policy and Scientific Research in Latin America: The Case of Physiology / Marcos Cueto
- 7. The Rockefeller Foundation and the Emergence of Genetics in Brazil, 1943-1960 / Thomas F. Glick.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07585-3
- 0-253-11307-5
- 9786612075858
- 0-585-20193-5
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