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Diseased relations [electronic resource] : epidemics, public health, and state-building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847-1924 / Heather McCrea.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.Description: xiv, 288 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.10972/65 22
LOC classification:
  • RA452.Y83 M43 2010
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Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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