Title Death is all around us : corpses, chaos, and public health in Porfirian Mexico City, 1887-1913 / Jonathan M. Weber.

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Description	1 online resource.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	The Mexican experience
	Mexican experience.
Summary	"Jonathan M. Weber examines the Mexican government's use of technological and scientific advancements to argue that the capital city, and thus the country as a whole, was capable of resolving public health dilemmas as part of the Porfirian administration's quest for modernization"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Moving into the modern era: transporting the dead in Mexico City -- "An extraordinary tool": building a modern public health system through anatomical dissection -- Wet or dry remains: funerary technology and protecting public health -- Undermining progress: workers, citizens, and the moral economy of death.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Public health -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History.
	Public health.
	Mexico -- Mexico City.
	History.
	Corpse removals -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History.
	Corpse removals.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Weber, Jonathan (Jonathan M.). Death is all around us. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019] 9780803284661 (DLC) 2018032363 (OCoLC)1060179455
ISBN	9781496214348 (electronic book)
	149621434X (electronic book)
	9780803284661
	0803284667
	9781496213440
	1496213440