Title: Colonialism, tropical disease, and imperial medicine : Rockefeller philanthropy in Sri Lanka /
Authors: Hewa, Soma.
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Rockefeller Foundation; Rockefeller Foundation.; Hookworm Infections; History, 20th Century; History, 19th Century; Colonialism; Public Health; Public health Sri Lanka; Tropical medicine Sri Lanka.; Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka
Contents: Introduction: Conquest and Disease -- Ch. 1. Settlers and Colonizers: Background -- Ch. 2. Colonial Labor and Tropical Disease -- Ch. 3. Rockefeller Philanthropic Medicine in Sri Lanka -- Ch. 4. Taking the Campaign to Villages and Towns -- Ch. 5. Health Units: Sanitation and Public Health -- Ch. 6. Volunteers to Professionals: Nursing Education and Training.