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Brock Chisholm, the World Health Organization, and the Cold War /
"This is the story of a man and an institution. Brock Chisholm was one of the most influential Canadians of the twentieth century. A world-renowned psychiatrist, he was the first director-general of the World Health Organization, and built it up against overwhelming political odds in the years...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver :
UBC Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This is the story of a man and an institution. Brock Chisholm was one of the most influential Canadians of the twentieth century. A world-renowned psychiatrist, he was the first director-general of the World Health Organization, and built it up against overwhelming political odds in the years immediately following the Second World War." "During Chisholm's lifetime, the only other Canadians as internationally prominent were Lester B. Pearson and Marshall McLuhan. Yet today he has been largely forgotten - perhaps because he was so controversial. An atheist and a fierce critic of jingoistic nationalism, he supported world peace and world government and became a champion of the United Nations and the WHO."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774814782 0774814780 1282457357 9781282457355 9786612457357 661245735X |