Contributions

  • Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila. Escuela de Ciencias Sociales - Contributor
  • Congreso "Tifo, Matlazahuatl, Tabardillo, Tabardete y Otras Sobremortalidades Adultas No Identificadas" (2013 : Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) - Contributor

Publication

2017 - Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales, Saltillo, Coahuila, México, Mexico

Language

Spanish

Word Count

56,250 words, Guess

Page Count

225 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCRA650.55.M6 E64 2017

Description

Wide ranging studies on illness and contagion in Mexican history. Focuses on three types of epidemics: idiosyncratic and highly lethal plague of matlazahuatl that devastated indigenous population during 16th-19th centuries, typhus, and typhoid fever. Authors document and analyze demographic impact of these epidemics in various localities and time periods. Edition limited to 250 copies.

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