Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848
Abstract While commercial links between Mexico and the United States through the port city of Veracruz brought significant economic and social advantages in the early nineteenth century, public health concerns around yellow fever produced fascination and fear among US audiences (in southern and east...
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| description | Abstract While commercial links between Mexico and the United States through the port city of Veracruz brought significant economic and social advantages in the early nineteenth century, public health concerns around yellow fever produced fascination and fear among US audiences (in southern and eastern port cities) from times of peace until the US invasion and occupation of Mexico (1846-1848). This article addresses the complex linkages between commerce, conflict, and contamination in reference to the port city of Veracruz and the United States in Mexico’s early decades of independence. More specifically, this article addresses the concern in early nineteenth-century US periodicals around yellow fever outbreaks and potential contamination, showing the constant presence of yellow fever in Veracruz in the US imaginary. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dec3e1d25d954f0cb003b9dd0908cbca2025-08-20T03:18:14ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo CruzHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos1678-475825377979510.1590/s0104-59702018000400010S0104-59702018000300779Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848Beau D.J. GaitorsAbstract While commercial links between Mexico and the United States through the port city of Veracruz brought significant economic and social advantages in the early nineteenth century, public health concerns around yellow fever produced fascination and fear among US audiences (in southern and eastern port cities) from times of peace until the US invasion and occupation of Mexico (1846-1848). This article addresses the complex linkages between commerce, conflict, and contamination in reference to the port city of Veracruz and the United States in Mexico’s early decades of independence. More specifically, this article addresses the concern in early nineteenth-century US periodicals around yellow fever outbreaks and potential contamination, showing the constant presence of yellow fever in Veracruz in the US imaginary.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702018000300779&lng=en&tlng=encommercediseaseVeracruzyellow fever |
| spellingShingle | Beau D.J. Gaitors Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848 História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos commerce disease Veracruz yellow fever |
| title | Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848 |
| title_full | Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848 |
| title_fullStr | Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848 |
| title_short | Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848 |
| title_sort | commerce conflict and contamination yellow fever in early independence veracruz in the us imaginary 1821 1848 |
| topic | commerce disease Veracruz yellow fever |
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