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The Cuban Cure : Reason and Resistance in Global Science - S. M. Reid-Henry

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The Cuban Cure

Reason and Resistance in Global Science

By: S. M. Reid-Henry

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Hardcover | 15 December 2010 | Edition Number 1

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After Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, his second declaration, after socialism, was that Cuba would become a leader in international science. In biotechnology he would be proven right and, today, Cuba counts a meningitis B vaccine and cutting-edge cancer therapies to its name. But how did this politically and geographically isolated country make such impressive advances? Drawing on a unique ethnography, and blending the insights of anthropology, sociology, and geography, "The Cuban Cure" shows how Cuba came to compete with U. S. pharmaceutical giants--despite a trade embargo and crippling national debt. In uncovering what is distinct about Cuban biomedical science, S. M. Reid-Henry examines the forms of resistance that biotechnology research in Cuba presents to the globalization of western models of scientific culture and practice. He illustrates the epistemic, social, and ideological clashes that take place when two cultures of research meet, and how such interactions develop as political and economic circumstances change. Through a novel argument about the intersection of socioeconomic systems and the nature of innovation, "The Cuban Cure" presents an illuminating study of politics and science in the context of globalization.

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"The Cuban Cure is a much-needed contribution to the current literature on the history of science in Cuba and the developing world. Illuminating and engaging." - Mariola Espinosa, author of Epidemic Invasions"

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Biochemical Engineering Biotechnology History Regional & National History History of the Americas Science Science in General History of Science Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000

Post War 20th Century History after 1945 Medicine Medicine in General History of Medicine Miscellaneous Items

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
A Biotechnology Story	p. 13
Imagining Science	p. 23
Making Space for Science	p. 41
Science City	p. 63
Sticky History	p. 89
Strategic Marginality	p. 115
Peripheral Assent	p. 139
The Cuban Cure	p. 161
Notes	p. 171
Index	p. 195
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Reason and Resistance in Global Science

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