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Radical prescription : citizenship and the politics of tuberculosis in twentieth-century Cuba /
"In this first comprehensive study of tuberculosis in modern Cuba, Kelly Urban analyzes the medical, social, and governmental responses to the highly contagious disease, particularly as the island was heading into and emerging from the 1959 revolution. Tuberculosis--one of the top three causes...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2023]
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| Colección: | Envisioning Cuba.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Politicosis: Tuberculosis in/as Cuban History
- Chapter One. The Sick Republic: Forging Health Rights in an Era of Revolution
- Chapter Two. Tuberculosis as Statecraft: Fulgencio Batista and the National Tuberculosis Council
- Chapter Three. Striking for Streptomycin: Grassroots Health Activism under the Auténticos
- Chapter Four. A Medical Monument: The General Batista Sanatorium
- Chapter Five. A Shuttered Laboratory: Tuberculosis Policy Experiments in the Early Revolution
- Chapter Six. Therapeutic Revolution: The Boundaries of Health Citizenship under Socialism
- Conclusion. The Battleground of Health: From the Special Period to COVID-19
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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