" How was frontier expansion rationalized in the Americas during the late nineteenth century? As new states fleshed out expanded national maps, how did they represent their advances? Were there any distinct pan-American patterns? The renowned anthropologist and human rights advocate David Maybury-Lewis saw the Latin American frontiers as relatively unknown physical spaces as well as unexplored academic “territory.” He invited eight spec ..."
"Ron Ridenour, the celebrated writer on Cuban and Central American politics, has published a new expanded edition of his book, Cuba: Beyond the Crossroads. Tje book has been updated to cover Fidel Castro's withdrawal from power during his long illness in 2007. His other books include Cuba: A "Yankee" Reports, Backfire: The CIA's Biggest Burn, Cuba at the Crossroads and Yankee Sandinistas. A committed revolutionary, anti-war activist, an ..."
"President Bush and several of his advisers were promoting Dr Julio Frenk for the
post. This filled with dread those who were anxious to get the WHO 'back on track'
in the quest for HFA. Julio Frenk was a strong advocate of poor countries solving
their healthcare problems in a manner consistent with the demands of the WTO,
and of global neoliberalism generally. In particular, he was an exponent of
various private health insurance in ..."
Third World Health Hostage to First World Wealth by TheodoreMacdonald 312 Pages, Published 2018 by Crc Press ISBN-13: 978-1-315-34502-4, ISBN: 1-315-34502-1
"It was revived through the work of a group of whom Marian Duggan and Alex Scott-Samuel (2000) were prominent, at a workshop of the Eighth Annual Forum of the UK Public Health Alliance. Another grass-roots initiative which, while global ..."
"The director of the WHO collaborating centre, Dr Masato Tashiro, said his
laboratory began work last week to try to grow viruses from the specimens. '
Probably this week we will get – I hope – viruses', Tashiro, Director of the
Department of Viral ..."
Preserving the United Nations Our Best Hope for Mediating Human Rights by TheodoreMacdonald Hardcover, 590 Pages, Published 2010 by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-60911-753-5, ISBN: 1-60911-753-0
"If the United Nations is to uphold the noble mandate set for it back at its inception in1945, especially with respect to its intended role as a global mediator of human rights, reforms in its management structure are clearly called for. In Preserving the United Nations, author Théodore H. MacDonald clearly delineates the "foundational errors" which arose at the Bretton Woods conferences and analyzes why they are impacting with greater ..."
Making a New People Education in Revolutionary Cuba by TheodoreMacdonald Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 1986 by New Star Books ISBN-13: 978-0-919573-47-5, ISBN: 0-919573-47-9
"This nation would have a Gini coefficient of 0.5. But so would nation B, in which
the dictator has the entire nation's income and everyone else is equal – with no
income at all! 4. Statistically speaking, the Gini coefficient responds more
sensitively to incomes in the middle of the range than to incomes at the extremes.
These problems, especially the last one, have led to extra tests or variations on
the Gini coefficient being ela ..."
Cuba Beyond the Crossroads (Paperback) by Ron Ridenour, TheodoreMacdonald Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2006 by I.M.G.Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-902869-98-1, ISBN: 0-902869-98-1
"Ron is not a political theoretician, but his devotion to revolutionary Cuba cannot bedoubted."
" The field of development is subject to shifts in paradigms, and it is important to examine systematically how these are realized in actual practice. Two currently favored approaches are participation and indigenous knowledge. In this volume's collected papers, development researchers and practitioners share their ideas and experience on the different forms taken by participation and knowledge, not limited to "indigenous" knowledge, in ..."
" The field of development is subject to shifts in paradigms, and it is important to examine systematically how these are realized in actual practice. Two currently favored approaches are participation and indigenous knowledge. In this volume's collected papers, development researchers and practitioners share their ideas and experience on the different forms taken by participation and knowledge, not limited to "indigenous" knowledge, in ..."
"This book is provocative and will inspire informed action on the part of all of us. "The passion, conviction and wealth of knowledge of this work's author are evident."
Hippocrates in Havana An Analytical and Expository Account of the Development of the Cuban System of Healthcare from the Revolution to the Present Day by Theodore Harney Macdonald Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 1995 by Able Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9527222-0-5, ISBN: 0-9527222-0-8