Conjuring the state : public health encounters in highland Ecuador, 1910-1945 /

"The Ecuadorian Public Health Service was founded in 1908 in response to the arrival of bubonic plague to the country. A. Kim Clark uses this as a point of departure to explore questions of social history and public health by tracing how the service extended the reach of its broader programs ac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, A. Kim, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2023]
Colección:Pitt Latin American series.
Temas:
Ecuador. > Dirección del Servicio de Sanidad Pública.
Public health > Ecuador > History > 20th century.
Medical policy > Ecuador > History > 20th century.
Plague > Ecuador > History > 20th century.
Sierra (Ecuador) > Social conditions.
Ecuador > History > 1895-1944.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Encountering plague, plague encounters
  • Forging public health as state idea and state system
  • Reaching in : waste, water, and public health services in Quito
  • Reaching out : extending public health in Tungurahua Province
  • Regulating pharmacies and professional defense in highland Ecuador.

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