| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public health -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
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Public health. |
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Mexico -- Yucatán (State) |
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Epidemics -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
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Epidemics. |
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Medical policy -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
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Medical policy. |
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State Government. |
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Social Medicine -- history. |
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Indians, North American -- history. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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History, 19th Century. |
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Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control. |
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Disease Outbreaks -- history. |
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Mexico. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780826348982 082634898X (DLC) 2010039360 |
| ISBN |
0826348998 (electronic book) |
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9780826348999 (electronic book) |
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1283636603 |
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9781283636605 |
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661394906X |
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9786613949066 |
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9780826348982 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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082634898X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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