Radical Prescription : Citizenship and the Politics of Tuberculosis in Twentieth-Century Cuba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urban, Kelly.

Series:

Envisioning Cuba Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuberculosis.

Public health.

Politics and government.

Medical policy.

Medical policy--Cuba--History--20th century.

Public health--Cuba--History--20th century.

Tuberculosis--Cuba--History--20th century.

Cuba.

Cuba--Politics and government--1895-.

Cuba--History--1895-.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2023.

Summary:

"In this first comprehensive study of tuberculosis in modern Cuba, Kelly Urban analyzes the medical, social, and governmental responses to the highly contagious disease, particularly as the island was heading into and emerging from the 1959 revolution. Tuberculosis--one of the top three causes of death in Cuba at the beginning of the twentieth century--provides a window onto broad questions of citizens' rights, biomedicine and public health, and political change"-- Provided by publisher.

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 Autenticos

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:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-88-908628-7-7

979-88-908628-8-4

1-4696-7309-6

1-4696-7310-X

OCLC:

1373348340