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Based on extensive archival research, this study examines the role of the Rockefeller Foundation and the League of Nations in improving public health during the interwar period. Barona argues that the Foundation applied a model of business efficiency to its ideology of spreading good health, creating a revolution in public health practice.

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Author:   Josep L. Barona
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Imprint:   Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Volume:   24
ISBN:  

9781781447925

ISBN 10:   1781447926
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 July 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A Note on Principal Characters Introduction 1 International Diplomacy Meets Public Health 2 The First Great Intervention: Epidemics and Famine in Eastern Europe 3 The Extension of the Collaborative Program 4 International Health and the End of the League of Nations: Gautier's Evaluation. 5 Some General Conclusions Appendix 1: International Sanitary Conferences, Commissions and Boards, Previous to the League of Nations (1920) Appendix 2: Health Scheme of the League of Nations for the Establishment of a Permanent International Health Section Appendix 3: Agreement between the League of Nations Health Organization and the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation Works Cited Notes Index

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Josep L Barona is professor of the history of science at the University of Valencia. He has taught courses on the history of medicine and the history of biological thinking as part of medicine and biology degrees. His research interests cover health and sanitation in rural areas in contemporary Spain and Europe, nutrition, hunger and health: the political economy of scientific knowledge, and scientific exile and the Spanish Civil War.

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