An edition of The ailing city (2011)

The ailing city

health, tuberculosis, and culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950

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An edition of The ailing city (2011)

The ailing city

health, tuberculosis, and culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950

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Duke University Press
Language
English
Pages
416

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Subjects

Public health, Tuberculosis, History, Tuberculosis, history, Argentina, social conditions, Socioeconomic Factors, Preventive Health Services, History, 20th Century, History, 19th Century, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Prevention & control

Places

Argentina, Buenos Aires

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Cover of: The ailing city
The ailing city: health, tuberculosis, and culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950
2011, Duke University Press
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Ailing City: Health, Tuberculosis, and Culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950
2011, Duke University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Ailing City
Ailing City: Health, Tuberculosis, and Culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950
2011, Duke University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

People with tuberculosis looking for cures
From being sick to becoming a patient
Unruly and well-adjusted patients
The fight against tuberculosis and the culture of hygiene
The obsession with contagion
A disease of excesses
Immigration, race, and tuberculosis
A female disease
Forging the healthy body : physical education, soccer, childhood, and tuberculosis
Tuberculosis and regeneration : imagined cities, green spaces, and hygienic housing.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
614.5/42098211
Library of Congress
RA644.T7 A768 2011, RA644.T7

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
416

ID Numbers

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OL24839993M
Internet Archive
ailingcityhealth0000armu
ISBN 13
9780822349990, 9780822350125
LCCN
2011015529
OCLC/WorldCat
682893345
Wikidata
Q57234250

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