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Author McCrea, Heather L

Title Diseased relations : epidemics, public health, and state-building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847-1924 / Heather McCrea
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Public health -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Epidemics -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Medical policy -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Disease Outbreaks -- history
Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Indians, North American -- history
Social Medicine -- history
State Government
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
Epidemics
Medical policy
Public health
SUBJECT Mexico https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008800
Subject Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0826348998
9780826348999
1283636603
9781283636605
661394906X
9786613949066