Missionaries of Science: The Rockefeller Foundation and Latin America

The Rockefeller Foundation's involvement with science, medicine, and agriculture in Latin America began with a survey in the 1920s and blossomed into programs to fight yellow fever and other diseases, improve public health, and more. These essays examine the Foundation's work in the region, its reception by local governments, and its legacy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253315832
• ISBN13: 9780253315830
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.