The Rockefeller Foundation, Public Health and International Diplomacy, 1920–1945 (Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine)
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Author(s)Josep L Barona
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN / ASIN1848935676
ISBN-139781848935679
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Sales Rank8,960,821
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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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.