Diseased Relations: Epidemics, Public Health, and State-Building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847-1924

by Heather McCrea

Throughout recorded history, epidemics have touched every aspect of life, including commerce, travel, agriculture, religious ritual, education, and political campaigns. In the tropical region of Yucat n, Mexico, which hosted a plethora of diseases, the violent resistance of various Mayan groups to state exploitation created one of the least understood but most significant threats to Mexican rule since the Conquest. As protection of one's own health--as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082634898X
• ISBN13: 9780826348982
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"