Death Is All Around Us: Corpses, Chaos, and Public Health in Porfirian Mexico City Contributor(s): Weber, Jonathan M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803284667 ISBN-13: 9780803284661 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - Technology & Engineering | History - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
Dewey: 363.750 |
LCCN: 2018032363 |
Series: Mexican Experience |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.33 lbs) 294 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Late nineteenth-century Mexico was a country rife with health problems. In 1876, one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time, which saw more modest premature death rates of one out of fifty-two (London), one out of forty-four (Paris), and one out of thirty-five (Madrid). It is not an exaggeration to maintain that each day dozens of bodies could be found scattered throughout the streets of Mexico City, making the capital city one of the most unsanitary places in the Western Hemisphere. |