In this article I focus on the nexus of urbanization, the environment and public health that was exposed by the 1912 bubonic plague epidemic in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I utilize the concept of “urban health penalty,” developed by demographic historians of the industrial revolution in Europe, to account for the declining health of the working class in cities. While in Europe poor health among the urban poor was associated with industrialization, I argue that in San Juan chaotic, unplanned urbanization reflected the effects of colonialism. I further examine how the epidemic exacerbated the class and racial divisions that contributed to the disastrous living conditions, and speculate as to whether the environmental neglect of the neighborhood b...
This thesis examines the development of American public health institutions and public health policy...
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In this article I focus on the nexus of urbanization, the environment and public health that was exp...
This essay uses the Mexican port city of Tampico as a case study of the relationship between nation-...
International audienceThe Yellow Fever epidemic that took place in Barcelona in 1821 was a consequen...
This article offers a reflection on the plague of the XVII century that affected the island of Cerde...
This article provides an overview of recent literature on plagues and other lethal epidemics, coveri...
This thesis explores the development of Puerto Rican public health institutions and policy from 1898...
19th-century urban areas were defined by rapid population growth and industrialization that created ...
After the Spanish Civil War, poor hygiene and nutritional deficiencies among a large part of Spain's...
This article shows how French doctors based in Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal, the capital of colonial Seneg...
This dissertation explores the effects of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century colonialism on...
Pandemics have historically been great opportunities to rewrite urban policies and to influence futu...
© VesaliusA bubonic plague epidemic broke out in the Portuguese city of Oporto in June 1899. Six mon...
This thesis examines the development of American public health institutions and public health policy...
In the fall of 1892, fear of cholera was pervasive in North America. Ten years into the fifth intern...
The article presents the causes and effects of the epidemic of cholera that broke out in Cracow in 1...
In this article I focus on the nexus of urbanization, the environment and public health that was exp...
This essay uses the Mexican port city of Tampico as a case study of the relationship between nation-...
International audienceThe Yellow Fever epidemic that took place in Barcelona in 1821 was a consequen...
This article offers a reflection on the plague of the XVII century that affected the island of Cerde...
This article provides an overview of recent literature on plagues and other lethal epidemics, coveri...
This thesis explores the development of Puerto Rican public health institutions and policy from 1898...
19th-century urban areas were defined by rapid population growth and industrialization that created ...
After the Spanish Civil War, poor hygiene and nutritional deficiencies among a large part of Spain's...
This article shows how French doctors based in Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal, the capital of colonial Seneg...
This dissertation explores the effects of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century colonialism on...
Pandemics have historically been great opportunities to rewrite urban policies and to influence futu...
© VesaliusA bubonic plague epidemic broke out in the Portuguese city of Oporto in June 1899. Six mon...
This thesis examines the development of American public health institutions and public health policy...
In the fall of 1892, fear of cholera was pervasive in North America. Ten years into the fifth intern...
The article presents the causes and effects of the epidemic of cholera that broke out in Cracow in 1...