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

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Autore principale:	McCrea, Heather L.
Ente Autore:	ebrary, Inc
Natura:	Elettronico eBook
Lingua:	inglese
Pubblicazione:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Soggetti:	Public health > Mexico > Yucatán (State) Epidemics > Mexico > Yucatán (State) Medical policy > Mexico > Yucatán (State) Electronic books.
Accesso online:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Introduction : region, ethnography, and medicine in Yucatán, Mexico
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
Conclusion : outsiders, disease, and public health in modern Yucatán, Mexico
Afterword : H1N1 and the legacy of uncertainty.

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