The Dread Plague and the Cow Killers - The Politics of Animal Disease in Mexico and the World (Hardcover)

Between 1947 and 1954, the Mexican and US governments waged a massive campaign against a devastating livestock plague, aftosa or foot-and-mouth disease. Absorbing over half of US economic aid to Latin America and involving thousands of veterinarians and ranchers from both countries, battalions of Mexican troops, and scientists from Europe and the Americas, the campaign against aftosa was unprecedented in size. Despite daunting obstacles and entrenched opposition, it successfully eradicated the virus in Mexico, and reshaped policies, institutions, and knowledge around the world. Using untapped sources from local, national, and international archives, Thomas Rath provides a comprehensive history of this campaign, the forces that shaped it - from presidents to peasants, scientists to journalists, pistoleros to priests, mountains to mules - and the complicated legacy it left. More broadly, it uses the campaign to explore the formation of the Mexican state, changing ideas of development and security, and the history of human-animal relations.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Latin American Studies
Release date:	August 2022
Authors:	Thomas Rath
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-84448-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-84448-0
Barcode:	9781108844482

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