Health, politics, and revolution in Cuba since 1898 / Katherine Hirschfeld.

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, ©2007, 2009.

viii, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Pt. 1. The ethnographic encounter --1. Fieldwork -- 2. Doing research, not doing research -- 3. Dengue fever : an abrupt change of perspective -- 4. Fearful interlude -- Pt. 2. History revisited -- 5. Reframing history -- 6. Imperialism and health in the Spanish-Cuban-American War, 1897-1902 -- 7. Caudillismo, imperialism and health, 1902-1909 -- 8. Caudillismo, instability and health trends in the Platt Era, 1909-1933 -- 9. Health and disease in the gangster state, 1934-1959 -- 10. Revolutionaries in power, 1959- -- 11. Conclusions.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-258) and index.