Missionaries of science : the Rockefeller Foundation and Latin America /

"Concerns impact of American philanthropy on public health, agriculture, and science in Latin America and relations with State authority from 1920s-60s, with particular attention to Brazil and Mexico"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cueto, Marcos
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1994.
Series:Philanthropic studies.
Subjects:
Rockefeller Foundation.
Rockefeller Foundation
Science > Social aspects > Latin America.
Social medicine > Latin America.
Research > Latin America > International cooperation.
Research > United States > International cooperation.
Medicine > Research > Latin America > International cooperation.
Medicine > Research > United States > International cooperation.
Sciences > Aspect social > Amérique latine.
Médecine > Recherche > Amérique latine > Coopération internationale.
Médecine > Recherche > États-Unis > Coopération internationale.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Medicine > Research > International cooperation.
Research > International cooperation.
Science > Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Gezondheidszorg.
Latin America.
United States.
Medicine > Research > International cooperation > Latin America
Medicine > Research > International cooperation > United States
Research > International cooperation > Latin America
Research > International cooperation > United States
Science > Social aspects > Latin America
Social medicine > Latin America
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Visions of science and development: the Rockefeller Foundation's Latin American surveys of the 1920s / Marcos Cueto
  • Nationalism and public health: the convergence of Rockefeller Foundation technique and Brazilian federal authority during the time of yellow fever, 1925-1930 / Steven C. Williams
  • The Rockefeller Foundation in revolutionary Mexico: yellow fever in Yucatan and Veracruz / Armando Solorzano
  • Exporting American agriculture: the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico, 1943-1953 / Deborah Fitzgerald
  • The Rockefeller Foundation's Mexican agricultural project: a cross-cultural encounter, 1943-1949 / Joseph Cotter
  • The Rockefeller Foundation's medical policy and scientific research in Latin America: the case of physiology / Marcos Cueto
  • The Rockefeller Foundation and the emergence of genetics in Brazil, 1943-1960 / Thomas F. Glick.

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