Book 2015

Rockefeller Foundation, Public Health and International Diplomacy, 1920-1945

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Language: English
Published: 2015

Rockefeller foundation
League of nations
Public health, europe
Public health
History
Epidemics
Starvation
POLITICAL SCIENCE

Based on extensive archival research, this study examines the role of the Rockefeller Foundation and the League of Nations in improving public health during the interwar period. Barona argues that the Foundation applied a model of business efficiency to its ideology of spreading good health, creating a revolution in public health practice.