Polluted soils, polluted souls : the Rockefeller hookworm eradication campaign in São Paulo, Brazil, 1917-1926

City and the Environment

Auteur :
BRANNSTROM, C.

Description :
Discusses the philanthropy of the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Board (IHB) in various counties of São Paulo, Brazil. Special attention is paid to the relationship between the IHB, the São Paulo Sanitary Service (SSESP), and the state's coffee elites, who were eager to control hookworm and other contagious diseases on their plantations in order to reduce their dependence on immigrant labor. - (SLD)


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Historical geography, issn : 1091-6458, 1997, vol. 25, p. 25-45, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 31 ref.

Date :
1997

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Northridge, CA, California State University