Managing medical research in Europe. The role of the Rockfeller Foundation (1920s-1950s)

Of all varied and far-reaching activities of the world’s most famous foundation, it is to the field of medicine and public health that the Rockfeller Foundation has given most of its attention and money. This book examines the foundation’s activities in Europe, a region relatively neglected by scholars of philanthropy. Half the contributions are reprints of articles that appeared earlier in limited circulation publications. The remainder focus attention on non-Anglo-Saxon setting of France and Italy, and provide an overview to frame further research and discussion, from the European perspective, about the role of the Rockfeller Foundation in shaping biomedical research in twentieth century Europe.