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

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

Diego Armus

416 pages missing pub info (editions)

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For decades, tuberculosis in Buenos Aires was more than a dangerous bacillus. It was also an anxious state of mind shaped not only by fears of contagion and death but also by broader social and cultural concerns. These worries included changing wo...

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