Malaria : poverty, race, and public health in the United States /

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Annotation In Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States, Margaret Humphreys presents the first book-length account of the parasitic, insect-borne disease that has infected millions and influenced settlement patterns, economic development, and the quality of life at every level o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Humphreys, Margaret, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Malaria > United States > History.
Poverty.
Malaria > ethnology
Black People
Poverty
Paludisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pauvreté.
poverty.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
Malaria
Malaria.
Sociale achterstand.
Sociale gezondheidszorg.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Pestilence That Stalks in Darkness
  • Chapter 2: The Mist Rises: Malaria in the Nineteenth Century
  • Chapter 3: Race, Poverty, and Place
  • Chapter 4: Making Malaria Control Protable
  • Chapter 5: "A Ditch in Time Saves Quinine?"
  • Chapter 6: Popular Perceptions of Health, Disease, and Malaria
  • Chapter 7: Denouement
  • Notes
  • Note on Sources
  • Index.

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