Virtuous Waters Mineral Springs, Bathing, and Infrastructure in Mexico
"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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland
University of California Press
2018
Berkeley, CA : [2018] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422306106719 |
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.
