IDSB04H3 Chapter 1: IDSB04 - Week 1 Readings Notes - Chapter 2
20 Dec 2015
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Idsb04 week 1 (september 8, 2015) readings chapter 2 the historical origins of. When and why did governments, wealthy interests, and the public become concerned with the spread of disease across borders and territories: box 2-1: motives for imperial health. Us took on public health activities to protect its troops and colonists from tropical diseases after losing troops in cuba to malaria and yellow fever. Spanish and portuguese adopting medical practitioners into serving urban elites. Safeguarding commerce - to make the tropics habitable by european settlers. Prevent the disruption that malaria had on the abandonment on rubber estates. Malaria"s threat to the productivity of plantation workers. Improving colonial relations and staving off unrest reinforce political and social stratification between colonizer and colonized. 1552 2 aztec men were enlisted to write a book on indigenous medicinal herbs for the spanish emperor. E. g. hiding diseased settlers in order to perpetuate the myth that.
