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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...
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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: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Politicosis: Tuberculosis in/as Cuban History
- The Sick Republic: Forging Health Rights in an Era of Revolution
- Tuberculosis as Statecraft: Fulgencio Batista and the National Tuberculosis Council
- Striking for Streptomycin: Grassroots Health Activism under the Autenticos
- A Medical Monument: The General Batista Sanatorium
- A Shuttered Laboratory: Tuberculosis Policy Shifts in the Early Revolution
- Therapeutic Revolution: The Boundaries of Health Citizenship under Socialism
- Conclusion. The Battleground of Health: From the Special Period to COVID-19.