Entrée principale:

Armus, Diego.

Titre et auteur:

The ailing city : health, tuberculosis, and culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950 / Diego Armus.

Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2011.

Description:

x, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-407) and index.
People with tuberculosis looking for cures -- From being sick to becoming a patient -- Unruly and well-adjusted patients -- The fight against tuberculosis and the culture of hygiene -- The obsession with contagion -- A disease of excesses -- Immigration, race, and tuberculosis -- A female disease -- Forging the healthy body : physical education, soccer, childhood, and tuberculosis -- Tuberculosis and regeneration : imaginary cities, green spaces, and hygienic housing.

Ressources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780822349990 (cloth ; alk. paper)
082234999X (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822350125 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0822350122 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Tuberculosis Argentina Buenos Aires History.
Public health Argentina Buenos Aires History.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary history
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary prevention & control
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Preventive Health Services history
Socioeconomic Factors
Tuberculose Argentine Buenos Aires Histoire.
Santé publique Argentine Buenos Aires Histoire.
Médecine Histoire 19e siècle.
Médecine Histoire 20e siècle.
Public health.
Tuberculosis.
Argentina
Argentina Buenos Aires.

Classification/genre:

Popular Work
History.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 274601
Cote: BIB 208423
Statut: Disponible