Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Malaria: The “Italian National Disease” 7
6. 2. From Miasma to Mosquito: The Rome School of Malariology 27
7. 3. A Nation Mobilizes 53
8. 4. From Quinine to Women’s Rights: Hopes, Illusions, and Victories 87
9. 5. The First World War and Epidemic Disease 115
10. 6. Fascism, Racism, and Littoria 142
11. 7. Creating Disaster: Nazism and Bioterror in the Pontine Marshes 181
12. 8. Fighting Disaster: DDT and Old Weapons 198
13. Conclusion 213
14. Notes 225
15. Glossary 269
16. Select Bibliography 271
17. Index 287