Publication

1996 - Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, Brazil, Brazil

Language

Portuguese

Word Count

62,500 words, Guess

Page Count

250 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads3696747
  • LibraryThing8889643

Classifications

  • DDC614.5/41/09815309034
  • LCCRA644.Y4 C43 1996

Description

"Well-researched and theoretically informed study of origins and application of the 'ideology of hygiene' in turn-of-the-century Rio de Janeiro. Gives particular attention to effects of destruction of slums (seen as centers of yellow fever infection) and to 19th-century development of popular resistance to small pox vaccination"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Subjects

Topics

SlumsHistoryEpidemicsYellow feverFreed personsPublic HealthYellow fever -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 19th century

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