Virtuous waters : mineral springs, bathing, and infrastructure in Mexico /

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"Virtuous Waters is the first study of mineral waters and bathing in Mexico. It traces the evolving ideas about these waters, from European contact to the present, in order to shed new light on human-environment relations in the modern world. Our relation to water is among the most urgent of gl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walsh, Casey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2018.
Temas:
2000-2099
Mineral waters > Mexico > Mexico City.
Baths > Mexico > Mexico City > History.
Groundwater > Mexico > Mexico City.
Water > Mexico > Mexico City > History.
Water resources development > Mexico > Mexico City > 21st century.
Water-supply > Mexico > Mexico City > 21st century.
Eaux minérales > Mexique > Mexico.
Bains > Mexique > Mexico > Histoire.
Eau souterraine > Mexique > Mexico.
Eau > Mexique > Mexico > Histoire.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Mexique > Mexico > 21e siècle.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Mexique > Mexico > 21e siècle.
Anthropology.
Environmentalist thought and ideology.
Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning.
Regional and national history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Water-supply.
Water resources development.
Water.
Mineral waters.
Groundwater.
Baths.
Mexico > Mexico City.
18th century.
academic.
bathing.
biology.
chemistry.
community.
cultural.
cultures.
domination.
early modern.
groundwater.
hot springs.
hydraulics.
law and order.
legal issues.
mexican tourist.
mexico city.
mexico.
mid atlantic.
mineral springs.
natural phenomenon.
natural world.
nature.
policing.
public baths.
relaxation.
research.
revolution.
spa tourism.
spa.
tourist.
travel mexico.
travel.
water.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Waters / Cultures
  • Bathing and domination in the early modern Atlantic world
  • Policing waters and baths in eighteenth century Mexico City
  • Enlightenment science of mineral springs
  • Groundwater and hydraulic opulence in the late nineteenth century
  • Chemistry, biology and the heterogeneity of modern waters
  • Dispossession and bottling after the revolution
  • Spa tourism in twentieth century Mexico
  • Virtuous waters in the twenty first century.

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