The ailing city : health, tuberculosis, and culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950 /

The first comprehensive study of tuberculosis in Latin America demonstrates that in addition to being a biological phenomenon disease is also a social construction effected by rhetoric, politics, and the daily life of its victims.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armus, Diego.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2011.
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Online Access:CONNECT