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Diseased relations : epidemics, public health, and state-building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847-1924 /

This study examines the politics of postcolonial state-building through the lens of disease and public health policy in order to trace how Indigenous groups on the periphery of power and geography helped shape the political practices and institutions of m.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCrea, Heather L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The politics of prevention : the Maya, smallpox, and vaccination campaigns
  • On sacred ground : cholera, burial rites, and cemetery management
  • Cholera and the caste war : civilizing campaigns and disease prevention
  • Modernizing the periphery : henequen, the caste war, and yellow fever
  • Disease prevention, the Rockefeller Foundation, and revolution in Yucatán, 1915-24.