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1 online resource (303 pages) |
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text file |
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Sickness in the Land; 1. A Cure for Backwardness? : The Rationale for Malaria Control; 2. Launching the Campaign; 3. Foreign, National, and Local Influences on Malaria Control; 4. "Think like a Mosquito": Turning the Tide Against Malaria; 5. "God Bless General Perón": the Politics and Technologies of Malaria Eradication; Conclusion: Malaria, Geography, and Lessons for Today; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index. |
| 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 and d. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Malaria -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century.
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Malaria. |
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Argentina. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Malaria -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
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20th century |
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Malaria -- Argentina -- Prevention -- 19th century.
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Malaria -- Argentina -- Prevention -- 20th century.
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Public health -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century.
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Public health. |
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Public health -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
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Malaria -- Control -- Argentina -- 19th century.
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Malaria -- Control -- Argentina -- 20th century.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carter, Eric D. Enemy in the Blood : Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2012 9780817317607 |
| ISBN |
9780817385958 (electronic book) |
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0817385959 (electronic book) |
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9780817317607 |
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