Radical Prescription Citizenship and the Politics of Tuberculosis in Twentieth-Century Cuba |
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| Author:
| Urban, Kelly |
| Series title: | Envisioning Cuba Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-7307-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2023 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $167.20 |
Book Description:
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Extinguishing a public health threat is difficult under any condition, let alone during a national revolution. In this first comprehensive study of tuberculosis in Cuba, Kelly Urban analyses the medical, social, and governmental responses to the highly contagious disease as the island was heading into and emerging from the Revolution of 1959.
Extinguishing a public health threat is difficult under any condition, let alone during a national revolution. In this first comprehensive study of tuberculosis in Cuba, Kelly Urban analyses the medical, social, and governmental responses to the highly contagious disease as the island was heading into and emerging from the Revolution of 1959.