The Cuban Cure - Reason and Resistance in Global Science - S. M. Reid Henry - Hardback Bog - The University of Chicago Press - 2010 - Engelsk -
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
Description
After Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, his second declaration, after socialism, was that Cuba would become a leader in international science. This book shows how Cuba came to compete with US pharmaceutical giants - despite a trade embargo and crippling national debt.