Death is all around us : corpses, chaos, and public health in Porfirian Mexico City, 1887-1913 /

"Jonathan M. Weber examines the Mexican government's use of technological and scientific advancements to argue that the capital city, and thus the country as a whole, was capable of resolving public health dilemmas as part of the Porfirian administration's quest for modernization"...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Weber, Jonathan (Jonathan M.) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Public health > Mexico > Mexico City > History.
Corpse removals > Mexico > Mexico City > History.
Public health.
Death.
Public Health
Death
Santé publique > Mexique > Mexico > Histoire.
Enlèvement des cadavres > Mexique > Mexico > Histoire.
Santé publique.
Mort.
public health.
deaths.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
Corpse removals.
Mexico > Mexico City.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Jonathan M. Weber examines the Mexican government's use of technological and scientific advancements to argue that the capital city, and thus the country as a whole, was capable of resolving public health dilemmas as part of the Porfirian administration's quest for modernization"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781496214348
149621434X

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