Jonathan M Weber

Death Is All Around Us

Corpses, Chaos, and Public Health in Porfirian Mexico City

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Produktbeschreibung

Jonathan M. Weber is a teacher and independent scholar living in Dallas, Texas. He received his PhD from the Department of History at Florida State University in 2013 and has worked in a wide range of archives in the United States and Mexico to research this study. He has presented this work at more than a dozen conferences, including the American Historical Association, Latin American Studies Association, and the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies. ¿ ¿

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780803284661
• ISBN-10: 0803284667
• Artikelnr.: 54549280

Autorenporträt

Jonathan M. Weber is a teacher and independent scholar living in Dallas, Texas. He received his PhD from the Department of History at Florida State University in 2013 and has worked in a wide range of archives in the United States and Mexico to research this study. He has presented this work at more than a dozen conferences, including the American Historical Association, Latin American Studies Association, and the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies.    

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Moving into the Modern Era: Transporting the Dead in Mexico City
2. “An Extraordinary Tool”: Building a Modern Public Health System through
Anatomical Dissection
3. Wet or Dry Remains: Funerary Technology and Protecting Public Health
4. Undermining Progress: Workers, Citizens, and the Moral Economy of Death
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index