White plague, black labor : tuberculosis and the political economy of health and disease in South Africa /
Why does tuberculosis, a disease which is both curable and preventable, continue to produce over 50,000 new cases a year in South Africa, primarily among blacks? In answering this question Randall Packard traces the history of one of the most devastating diseases in twentieth-century Africa, against...
| Основен автор: | Packard, Randall M., 1945- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭1989.
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| Серия: |
Comparative studies of health systems and medical care.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13164 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
White plague, black labor. |
| Резюме: |
Why does tuberculosis, a disease which is both curable and preventable, continue to produce over 50,000 new cases a year in South Africa, primarily among blacks? In answering this question Randall Packard traces the history of one of the most devastating diseases in twentieth-century Africa, against the background of the changing political and economic forces that have shaped South African society from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. These forces have generated a growing backlog of disease among black workers and their families and at the same time have prevented the developm. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxii, 389 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-377) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520909120 0520909127 0585123675 9780585123677 |