Title Missions for science : U.S. technology and medicine in America's African world / David McBride

Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents Enduring the technology take-off. Machines and plantations : birth of the black belt -- Industry on the Isthmus : the Panama Canal Zone -- Curing the Caribbean : Haiti through the occupation -- Out of the shadows : Liberia before World War II -- Encountering the science superpower. Malaria and modernization : the decline of the black belt -- Alliances and utopias : Liberia's search for development -- Technology of reaction : Haiti and the new dispersal -- Conclusion: Science and Hope Analysis Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-300) and index Notes Print version record Subject Technology transfer -- Southern States Technology transfer -- North America Technology transfer -- Liberia Medical innovations -- Southern States Medical innovations -- North America Medical innovations -- Liberia Biomedical engineering. International cooperation. Technology transfer. Biomedical Technology Biomedical Engineering International Cooperation Technology Transfer biomedical engineering. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General. International cooperation Biomedical engineering Medical innovations Technology transfer SUBJECT United States Subject Liberia North America Southern States Form Electronic book ISBN 1417502401 9781417502400 9780813530673 0813530679

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