List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Sickness in the Land; 1. A Cure for Backwardness? : The Rationale for Malaria Control; 2. Launching the Campaign; 3. Foreign, National, and Local Influences on Malaria Control; 4. "Think like a Mosquito": Turning the Tide Against Malaria; 5. "God Bless General Perón": the Politics and Technologies of Malaria Eradication; Conclusion: Malaria, Geography, and Lessons for Today; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Enemy in the Blood: Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina examines the dramatic yet mostly forgotten history of malaria control in northwest Argentina. Carter traces the evolution of malaria science and policy in Argentina from the disease's emergence as a social problem in the 1890s to its effective eradication by 1950. Malaria-control proponents saw the campaign as part of a larger project of constructing a modern identity for Argentina. Insofar as development meant building a more productive, rational, and hygienic society, the perceptions of a culturally backwards and d
