Eradication : ridding the world of diseases forever? / Nancy Leys Stepan.

Author/creator Stepan, Nancy
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, NY : Cornell Univeristy Press, ©2011.
Description309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-1977.
Communicable diseases--Prevention. --History.
Epidemics--Prevention. --History.
Medicine, Preventive--History.
Health promotion--History.

Contents Eradication and public health -- Imperial origins -- Paradoxes: the Rockefeller Era -- Post-war: a capacity for fanaticism -- The end of malaria in the world? -- The last inch: smallpox eradication -- Controversies: eradication today.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 296-299) and index.
ISBN9780801450587
ISBN0801450586