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Author Stepan, Nancy.

Title Eradication : ridding the world of diseases forever? / Nancy Leys Stepan
Published London : Reaktion Books, 2011

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Description 309 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Eradication and Public Health -- 2.Imperial Origins -- 3.Paradoxes: The Rockefeller Era -- 4.Post-war: A Capacity for Fanaticism -- 5.The End of Malaria in the World? -- 6.The Last Inch: Smallpox Eradication -- 7.Controversies: Eradication Today
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-1977.
Communicable diseases -- Prevention -- History.
Communicable diseases -- Prevention.
Epidemics -- Prevention -- History.
Epidemics -- Prevention.
Health promotion -- History.
Health promotion.
Medicine, Preventive -- History.
Medicine, Preventive.
Communicable Disease Control -- history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
History, 21st Century.
ISBN 1861898614 (hbk.)
9781861898616 (hbk.)