Cidade febril : cortic̦os e epidemias na Corte imperial /
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Author / Creator: | Chalhoub, Sidney. |
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Imprint: | São Paulo : Companhia das letras, 1996. |
Description: | 250 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2600566 |
Summary: | "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. |
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Item Description: | Includes notes, bibliographical references, and index (p. 187-250) |
Physical Description: | 250 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
ISBN: | 8571645876 |