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For All of Humanity
Martha Few
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Description for For All of Humanity
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBPK; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Smallpox, measles, and typhus. The scourges of lethal disease - as threatening in colonial Mesoamerica as in other parts of the world - called for widespread efforts and enlightened attitudes to battle the centuries-old killers of children and adults. Even before edicts from Spain crossed the Atlantic, colonial elites oftentimes embraced medical experimentation and reform in the name of the public good, believing it was their moral responsibility to apply medical innovations to cure and prevent disease. Their efforts included the first inoculations and vaccinations against smallpox, new strategies to protect families and communities from typhus and measles, and medical ... Read more
Smallpox, measles, and typhus. The scourges of lethal disease - as threatening in colonial Mesoamerica as in other parts of the world - called for widespread efforts and enlightened attitudes to battle the centuries-old killers of children and adults. Even before edicts from Spain crossed the Atlantic, colonial elites oftentimes embraced medical experimentation and reform in the name of the public good, believing it was their moral responsibility to apply medical innovations to cure and prevent disease. Their efforts included the first inoculations and vaccinations against smallpox, new strategies to protect families and communities from typhus and measles, and medical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816531875
SKU
V9780816531875
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About Martha Few
Martha Few is an associate professor of Latin American history at the University of Arizona, USA. She is the author of Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala and co-editor of Centering Animals in Latin American History.
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