Commerce, conflict, and contamination

Yellow fever in early-independence Veracruz in the US imaginary, 1821-1848

Bibliographic Data

ID3071939
AuthorsBeau D J Gaitors (0000-0002-3482-9955, Winston-Salem State University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume25
Issue3
Pages779-795
Publication date2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistória Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-59702018000400010
PMID30365736
OpenAlexW2896400849
SCIELO_PIDS0104-59702018000300779
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

While commercial links between Mexico and the United States through the port city of Veracruz brought significant economic and social advantages in the early nineteenth century, public health concerns around yellow fever produced fascination and fear among US audiences (in southern and eastern port cities) from times of peace until the US invasion and occupation of Mexico (1846-1848). This article addresses the complex linkages between commerce, conflict, and contamination in reference to the port city of Veracruz and the United States in Mexico's early decades of independence. More specifically, this article addresses the concern in early nineteenth-century US periodicals around yellow fever outbreaks and potential contamination, showing the constant presence of yellow fever in Veracruz in the US imaginary

Biology · Economics · Economy · Geography · Independence (probability theory) · Outbreak · Political science · Port (circuit theory) · The Imaginary · Yellow fever · Engineering · Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography · Virology

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