Thesis ID: CBB001567634

The Double-Edged Sword: Smallpox Vaccination and the Politics of Public Health in Cuba (2014)

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Gonzalez, Stephanie (Author)


Markowitz, Gerald E.
Markowitz, Gerald E.
New York, City University of
New York, City University of
Roldan, Mary
Vaughan, Megan
Roldan, Mary
Sussman, George D.
Vaughan, Megan
Bennett, Herman
Sussman, George D.


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Advisor: Bennett, Herman; Committee Members: Roldan, Mary, Markowitz, Gerald, Sussman, George D., Vaughan, Megan.
Physical Details: 208 pp.
Language: English

This dissertation tracks the introduction and development of smallpox vaccination in colonial Cuba from the early nineteenth century to the American occupation of 1898. Native (creole) medical practitioners utilized smallpox vaccination as an instrument for securing status as professionals and conceptualizing new identities in a colonial slave society. The smallpox vaccination program allowed licensed practitioners to create a medical monopoly, foster scientific standards and cultivate a medical ethic. Creole vaccinators initially identified with a colonial state that protected their professional interests as necessary for the maintenance of Cuba's slave-based, agro-industrial sugar complex. By the end of the nineteenth century however, professional divestment and ethnic strife convinced fledgling medical professionals to mobilize their creole, scientific identities against Spanish colonial rule.

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Description Cited in Dissertation Abstracts International-A 76/03(E), Sep 2015. Proquest Document ID: 1622986484.


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Authors & Contributors
Palmer, Steven Paul
Hochman, Gilberto
Andrade, Gabriel
Raffaele Domenici
Sordoni, Valentina
Munno, Cristina
Concepts
Smallpox
Vaccines; vaccination
Public health
Medicine and politics
Medicine
Colonialism
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
17th century
Places
Cuba
India
Brazil
United States
Italy
Korea
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
Catholic University of Ireland (Dublin)
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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