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Informationen zum Autor ANNE-EMANUELLE BIRN is a professor and Canada Research Chair in International Health at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Marriage of Convenience: Rockefeller International Health and Revolutionary Mexico and lead author of the Textbook of International Health: Global Health in a Dynamic World. THEODORE M. BROWN is a professor of history and of public health sciences at the University of Rochester. He is the coeditor of Making Medical History: The Life and Times of Henry E. Sigerist and coauthor of The Quest for Health Reform: A Satirical History. Klappentext Brings together a group of professionals and activists whose lives have been dedicated to health internationalism. By presenting a combination of historical accounts and first-hand reflections! this collection of essays draws attention to the longstanding international activities of the American health left and the lessons they brought home. Zusammenfassung Brings together a group of professionals and activists whose lives have been dedicated to health internationalism. By presenting a combination of historical accounts and first-hand reflections! this collection of essays draws attention to the longstanding international activities of the American health left and the lessons they brought home. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresForeword AcknowledgmentsPart I1. Introduction: Health Comrades, Abroad and at Home2. The Making of Health InternationalistsPart II3. The Perils of Unconstrained Enthusiasm4. American Medical Support for Spanish Democracy, 1936–19385. Medical McCarthyism and the Punishment of Internationalist Physicians in the United StatesPart III6. Contesting Racism and Innovating Community Health Centers7. Barefoot in China, the Bronx, and Beyond8. Medical Internationalism and the “Last Epidemic”Part IV9. Social Medicine, at Home and Abroad10. Find the Best People and Support Them11. Cooperantes, Solidarity, and the Fight for Health in Mozambique12. From Harlem to HararePart V13. Brigadistas and Revolutionaries14. Health and Human Rights in Latin America, and Beyond15. History, Theory, and Praxis in Pacific Islands Health16. Doctors for Global Health17. Doctors Across BlockadesPart VI18. Across the GenerationsNotes on ContributorsIndex...
