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Living and Dying in São Paulo : Immigrants, Health, and the Built Environment in Brazil /

There is a saying in Brazil: "Mosquitoes are democratic: they bite the rich and the poor alike." Why then is bad health--from violence to respiratory disease, from malaria to dengue--dispersed unevenly across different social and national groups? In Living and Dying in São Paulo, Jeffrey L...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lesser, Jeffrey (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Environmental health > Brazil > São Paulo.
Immigrants > Health and hygiene > Brazil > São Paulo.
Public health > Brazil > São Paulo.
Social classes > Health aspects > Brazil > São Paulo.
Santé publique > Brésil > São Paulo.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • contents
  • A Long Set Of Acknowledgments
  • An Introduction
  • 1 Naming a Death
  • 2 Bom Retiro Is the World?
  • 3 Bad Health in a Good Retreat
  • 4 Enforcing Health
  • 5 A Building Block of Health
  • 6 Unliving Rats and Undead Immigrants
  • A Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index