Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine

The eight case studies in this edited volume show in detail how the Rockefeller Foundation's gifts affected medical research, education, and public health in Europe, the Soviet Union, and China between World War I and the Cold War. Despite the Foundation's goal to help countries with established medical research programs, major advances were achieved in several countries that did not have a notable history in medical research. In other circumstances, however, the Rockefeller Foundation was confronted with local cultural and political imperatives that reshaped or weakened its objectives. Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine offers important lessons regarding the situations in which international philanthropy is likely to be most effective. William H. Schneider is Professor of History and the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs at Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis. He is also a faculty member of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics and the Center on Philanthropy. Professor Schneider's research interests cover French and African History, as well as the history of science and medicine. A former Fulbright scholar, Professor Schneider is the author of An Empire for the Masses: The French Popular Image of Africa, 1870-1900 and Quality and Quantity: The Quest for Biological Regeneration in 20th Century France. He has also published articles in the Journal of Modern History and French Historical Studies.