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The Germ of Laziness : Rockefeller Philanthropy and Public Health in the New South / John Ettling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ettling, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hookworm disease--Southern States--Prevention--History--20th century.
- Hookworm disease.
- Public health--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Public health.
- HISTORY / United States / General.
- MEDICAL / Public Health.
- Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease--History.
- Local Subjects:
- HISTORY / United States / General.
- MEDICAL / Public Health.
- Public health--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2013
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Prologue
- Part I. MAN'S MEDICINE, GOD'S MONEY
- 1. Charles Wardell Stiles: From Minister's Son to Medical Scientist
- 2. The Scientist as Lone Evangelist
- 3. Frederick T. Gates and the Business of Benevolence
- 4. Philanthropy for the Ages
- Part II. THE ROCKEFELLER SANITARY COMMISSION
- 5. Wickliffe Rose Launches the Sanitary Commission
- 6. Making the Idea Fashionable
- 7. The Days of Galilee: The Dispensary as Revival
- 8. "Henceforth Thy Field Is the World": From Sanitary Commission to Rockefeller Foundation
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- A Note on the Sources
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-33334-9
- OCLC:
- 1013960631
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