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

By: McCrea, Heather L.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010Description: xiv, 288 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): Public health -- Mexico -- Yucatan (State) | Epidemics -- Mexico -- Yucatan (State) | Medical policy -- Mexico -- Yucatan (State)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.10972/65 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.