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Conjuring the State: Public Health Encounters in Highland Ecuador, 1910-1945

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Conjuring the State: Public Health Encounters in Highland Ecuador, 1910-1945 - Clark, A. Kim
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The Ecuadorian Public Health Service was founded in 1908 in response to the arrival of bubonic plague to the country. A. Kim Clark uses this as a point of departure to explore questions of social history and public health by tracing how the service extended the reach of its broader programs across the national landscape and into domestic spaces. Delving into health conditions in the country-especially in the highlands-and efforts to combat disease, she shows how citizens' encounters with public health officials helped make ...

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Conjuring the State: Public Health Encounters in Highland Ecuador, 1910-1945 2023, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh PA

ISBN-13: 9780822947820

Hardcover