The Ailing City: Health, Tuberculosis, and Culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950

Author/Contributor(s):	Armus, Diego
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	07/08/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The first comprehensive study of tuberculosis in Latin America demonstrates that in addition to being a biological phenomenon disease is also a social construction effected by rhetoric, politics, and the daily life of its victims.