8. Medicine, Magic, and Military Might: Cholera Control on La Tortuga

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. Introduction: Death in the delta 1
7. 1. preparing for a bacterial invasion: Cholera and Inequality in Venezuela 19
8. 2. Epidemic at the Door: Cholera Prevention in the Bureaucratic Imaginary of Delta Amacuro 48
9. 3. Stories of an Epidemic Foretold: Cholera Reaches Mariusa 59
10. 4. Fighting Death in a Regional Clinic: Cholera Arrives in Pedernales 81
11. 5. Turning Chaos into Control: Initial Responses by Regional Institutions 98
12. 6. Containing an Indigenous Invasion: Quarantine in Barrancas 138
13. 7. Exile and Internment: 163
14. 8. Medicine, Magic, and Military Might: Cholera Control on La Tortuga 179
15. 9. Culture Equals Cholera: Official Explanations for the Epidemic 199
16. 10. Challenging the Logic of Culture: Resisting Official Explanations for the Epidemic 224
17. 11. Local Numbers and Global Power: The Role of Statistics 256
18. 12. Sanitation and Global Citizenship: International Institutions and the Latin American Epidemic 269
19. 13. Virulent Aftermath: The Consequences of the Epidemic 298
20. Notes 333
21. Bibliography 373
22. Index 405