The conquest of malaria : Italy, 1900-1962 /

The conquest of malaria : Italy, 1900-1962 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Snowden, Frank M. (Frank Martin), 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Malaria > Italy > History > 20th century.
Malaria > Treatment > Italy > History > 20th century.
Mosquitoes > Control > Italy > History > 20th century.
Malaria > history > Italy.
Malaria > prevention & control > Italy.
Antimalarials > history > Italy.
Antimalarials > therapeutic use > Italy.
History, 20th Century > Italy.
Mosquito Control > history > Italy.
Table of Contents:
  • Malaria: the "Italian National Disease"
  • From miasma to mosquito: the Rome school of malariology
  • A nation mobilizes
  • From quinine to women's rights: hopes, illusions, and victories
  • The first world war and epidemic disease
  • Fascism, racism, and littoria
  • Creating disaster: nazism and bioterror in the pontine marshes
  • Fighting disaster: DDT and old weapons.