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Public Health in Jamaica, 1850-1940
Margaret Jones
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Description for Public Health in Jamaica, 1850-1940
Using a range of primary sources from imperial, colonial and local government records, Rockefeller Foundation Archives, memoirs and reports, this study provides the most comprehensive account to date of public health in Jamaica in the post-emancipation colonial period to the onset of the Second World War. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Using a range of primary sources from imperial, colonial and local government records, Rockefeller Foundation Archives, memoirs and reports, this study provides the most comprehensive account to date of public health in Jamaica in the post-emancipation colonial period to the onset of the Second World War. The account is framed by two pivotal Jamaican experiences that were vital in precipitating significant policy changes at the imperial centre. An examination of the development of the part-time colonial medical service reveals it to be underresourced and inadequate. Most Jamaicans accessed Western medical aid through the Poor Law, a distinguishing feature of the ... Read more
Using a range of primary sources from imperial, colonial and local government records, Rockefeller Foundation Archives, memoirs and reports, this study provides the most comprehensive account to date of public health in Jamaica in the post-emancipation colonial period to the onset of the Second World War. The account is framed by two pivotal Jamaican experiences that were vital in precipitating significant policy changes at the imperial centre. An examination of the development of the part-time colonial medical service reveals it to be underresourced and inadequate. Most Jamaicans accessed Western medical aid through the Poor Law, a distinguishing feature of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
ISBN
9789766403133
SKU
V9789766403133
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About Margaret Jones
Margaret Jones is Research Fellow, Department of History, University of York, United Kingdom. Her publications include Health Policy in Britain’s Model Colony, 1900–1948, and The Hospital System and Health Care, Sri Lanka, 1815–1960.
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