The Rockefeller Foundation, Public Health and International Diplomacy, 1920-1945 - Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine

Barona, Josep L

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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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Book information

ISBN:	9781848935679
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	01 Jul 2015
DEWEY:	362.109409042
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	224
Weight:	488g
Height:	242mm
Width:	164mm
Spine width:	23mm