The Right to Live in Health: Medical Politics in Postindependence Havana

by Daniel A Rodrguez and Daniel A. Rodriguez

Book Overview

Daniel A. Rodriguez's history of a newly independent Cuba shaking off the U.S. occupation focuses on the intersection of public health and politics in Havana. While medical policies were often used to further American colonial power, in Cuba, Rodriguez argues, they evolved into important expressions of anticolonial nationalism as Cuba struggled to establish itself as a modern state. A younger generation of Cuban medical reformers, including physicians,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469659735
• ISBN13: 9781469659732
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"