Malaria control in the Tennessee Valley Authority: Health, ecology, and metanarratives of development

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-127

  Carter, Eric D ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Ecology; Malaria; New Deal; Public health; Tennessee Valley Authority

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTALISM; IDEOLOGY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

TENNESSEE VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ANOPHELES (GENUS);

EID: 84892679656     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: 10958614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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