No one history reflects the multiple paths followed by “Latin American” countries to develop medical and public health national infrastructures. New public health programs in nineteenth-century Latin America transformed debates about national culture, the state, and the role of the environment, race and disease in achieving modernity and progress. Among others, this course examines: the professionalization of medical practices; how foreign immigration and internal migration shaped health-related institutions and understandings of disease, race and modernity; the role of local innovative research in parasitology, herpetology, and tropical disorders in countering assumptions about racial and cultural inferiority; how a foreign funding institution (i.e. Rockefeller Foundation) and U.S. health officials facilitated U.S. intervention; how Cuba’s national health system today exports scientists, doctors, and epidemiologists to a world in crisis.
Units: 1
Max Enrollment: 15
Prerequisites: Open to Juniors and seniors who have taken a 200-level unit in history and/or a 200-level unit in a relevant area/subject.
Instructor: Osorio
Distribution Requirements: HS - Historical Studies
Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall
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