Despite the repression, violence, and social hardship which characterised Spanish life in the 1940s and 1950s, the Franco regime sought to win popular support by promoting its apparent commitment to social justice. This study tells the story of the experts in public health, medicine, and social insurance sent to sell Franco's regime overseas.
Contents
Introduction -- Axis Internationalism: Spanish experts and the Nazi New Order -- Franco's Spain and the politics of International Health -- 'Generous, selfless, civilizing': health and development in Francoist Africa -- Exporting Francoist modernity: health, social security, and Hispanidad -- Spain's Catholic internationalists -- Epilogue and conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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