National Library of Australia

Preview the redeveloped Catalogue before it launches late July.

Due to major building activity, some collections are unavailable. Please check your requests before visiting. Learn more.

You must be logged in to Tag Records
International health organisations and movements, 1918-1939 / edited by Paul Weindling
Bib ID 1587676
Format BookBook
Online Versions
Related Online
Resources
Description Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995 
xvi, 337 p. : map ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 0521450128 (hardback)
Series

Cambridge history of medicine.

Full contents
  • 1. Introduction: constructing international health between the wars / Paul Weindling
  • 2. 'Custodians of the sacred fire': the ICRC and the postwar reorganisation of the International Red Cross / John F. Hutchinson
  • 3. Red Cross organisational politics, 1918-1922: relations of dominance and the influence of the United States / Bridget Towers
  • 4. The League of Nations Health Organisation / Martin David Dubin
  • 5. Assistance and not mere relief: the Epidemic Commission of the League of Nations, 1920-1923 / Marta Aleksandra Balinska
  • 6. Wireless wars in the eastern arena: epidemiological surveillance, disease prevention and the work of the Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations Health Organisation, 1925-1942 / Lenore Manderson
  • 7. Social medicine at the League of Nations Health Organisation and the International Labour Office compared / Paul Weindling
  • 8. The Social Section and Advisory Committee on Social Questions of the League of Nations / Carol Miller.
  • 9. 'Uncramping child life': international children's organisations, 1914-1939 / Patricia T. Rooke and Rudy L. Schnell
  • 10. The International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation: the Russell years, 1920-1934 / John Farley
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects World health -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century.  |  Public health -- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century.  |  Health Policy -- history.  |  International Agencies -- history.  |  World Health.  |  International Cooperation.
Other authors/contributors Weindling, Paul

Online

In the Library

Request this item to view in the Library's reading rooms using your library card. To learn more about how to request items watch this short online video Help Video.

Details Collect From
YY 362.10601 I61 Main Reading Room

Order a copy

- Copyright or permission restrictions may apply. We will contact you if necessary.

Help Video To learn more about Copies Direct watch this short online video Help Video.
close Can I borrow items from the Library?

You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video embedded.

You can view this on the NLA website.

close What can I get online?

You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video embedded.

You can view this on the NLA website.

close Can I get copies of items from the Library?

You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video embedded.

You can view this on the NLA website.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flags
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this catalogue contains names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions in this catalogue which reflect the author’s attitude or that of the period in which the item was created and may now be considered offensive.