The Rockefeller Foundation, Public Health and International Diplomacy, 1920–1945

Josep L Barona

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English

Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
01 July 2015

Humanities

Series: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine

Based on extensive archival research, this study examines the role of the Rockefeller Foundation and the League of Nations in improving public health during the interwar period. Barona argues that the Foundation applied a model of business efficiency to its ideology of spreading good health, creating a revolution in public health practice.

By: Josep L Barona
Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 24
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781848935679
ISBN 10: 1848935676
Series: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 July 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Josep L Barona is professor of the history of science at the University of Valencia. He has taught courses on the history of medicine and the history of biological thinking as part of medicine and biology degrees. His research interests cover health and sanitation in rural areas in contemporary Spain and Europe, nutrition, hunger and health: the political economy of scientific knowledge, and scientific exile and the Spanish Civil War.