Enemy in the blood [ malaria, environment, and development in Argentina
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 & rsquo;s emergence as a social problem in...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama :
University of Alabama Press ,
c2012
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| 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 & rsquo;s emergence as a social problem in the 1890s 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 backwards |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 283 p.) : ill |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-272) and index |
| ISBN: | 0817317600 0817385959 (e-book) 9780817317607 9780817385958 (e-book) |