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 |
