Commerce, conflict, and contamination: yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848

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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Main Author: Beau D.J. Gaitors
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
Series:História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
Subjects:
commerce
disease
Veracruz
yellow fever
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702018000300779&lng=en&tlng=en
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