Medicine at the Border: Disease, Globalization and Security, 1850 to the Present

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
‘The Age of Universal Contagion’: History, Disease and Globalization....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Civilizing the State: Borders, Weak States and International Health in Modern Europe....Pages 21-40
Yellow Fever Crusade: US Colonialism, Tropical Medicine, and the International Politics of Mosquito Control, 1900–1920....Pages 41-59
WHO-led or WHO-managed? Re-assessing the Smallpox Eradication Program in India, 1960–1980....Pages 60-75
The World Health Organization and the Transition from ‘International’ to ‘Global’ Health....Pages 76-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Where is the Border?: Screening for Tuberculosis in the United Kingdom and Australia, 1950–2000....Pages 97-115
Medical Humanitarianism in and Beyond France: Breaking Down or Patrolling Borders?....Pages 116-135
Screening out Diseased Bodies: Immigration, Mandatory HIV Testing, and the Making of a Healthy Canada....Pages 136-158
Passports and Pestilence: Migration, Security and Contemporary Border Control of Infectious Diseases....Pages 159-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Drawing the Lines: Danger and Risk in the Age of SARS....Pages 179-195
Biosecurity: Friend or Foe for Public Health Governance?....Pages 196-218
Postcard from Plaguetown: SARS and the Exoticization of Toronto....Pages 219-239
The Geopolitics of Global Public Health Surveillance in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 240-263
Back Matter....Pages 264-271