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Healing the Land and the Nation
Sandra M. Sufian
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Description for Healing the Land and the Nation
Hardback. Traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and nationalism in British Mandatory Palestine between the world wars. Taking up the case of malaria control in Jewish-held lands, this book illustrates how efforts to thwart the disease were intimately tied to the project of Zionist nation-building. Num Pages: 384 pages, 34 halftones, 7 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 674.
A novel inquiry into the sociopolitical dimensions of public medicine, "Healing the Land and the Nation" traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and nationalism in British Mandatory Palestine between the world wars. Taking up the case of malaria control in Jewish-held lands, Sandra M. Sufian illustrates how efforts to thwart the disease were intimately tied to the project of Zionist nation-building, especially the movement's efforts to repurpose and improve its lands. The project of eradicating malaria also took on a metaphorical dimension - erasing anti-Semitic stereotypes of the "parasitic" Diaspora Jew and creating strong, healthy Jews in Palestine. ... Read more
A novel inquiry into the sociopolitical dimensions of public medicine, "Healing the Land and the Nation" traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and nationalism in British Mandatory Palestine between the world wars. Taking up the case of malaria control in Jewish-held lands, Sandra M. Sufian illustrates how efforts to thwart the disease were intimately tied to the project of Zionist nation-building, especially the movement's efforts to repurpose and improve its lands. The project of eradicating malaria also took on a metaphorical dimension - erasing anti-Semitic stereotypes of the "parasitic" Diaspora Jew and creating strong, healthy Jews in Palestine. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226779355
SKU
V9780226779355
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About Sandra M. Sufian
Sandra M. Sufian is assistant professor of medical history and the humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Reviews for Healing the Land and the Nation
"An extraordinary example of interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship among public health, nationalism, colonialism, and race in its interactions with the environment. Healing the Land and the Nation is a highly original work." - Nadav Davidovitch, Columbia University"