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

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

This study examines the politics of postcolonial state-building through the lens of disease and public health policy in order to trace how indigenous groups on the periphery of power and geography helped shape the political practices and institutions of m

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McCrea, Heather L. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press 2010.
Materias:
Public health > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Epidemics > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Medical policy > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798129906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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