Environment, Urbanization, and Public Health: The Bubonic Plague Epidemic of 1912 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In this article I focus on the nexus of urbanization, the environment and public health that was exposed by the 1912 bubonic plague epidemic in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I utilize the concept of "urban health penalty," developed by demographic historians of the industrial revolution in Europe, to accou...

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Published in:	Latin American Research Review Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 500 - 517
Main Author:	Zulawski, Ann
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2018
Subjects:	San Juan (P.R.) Puerto Rico Plague Public health Epidemics Urbanization History Urban ecology (Sociology)
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