Buildings, boundaries, and blood: medicalization and nation-building on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1910-1930.
@article{Stern1999BuildingsBA, title={Buildings, boundaries, and blood: medicalization and nation-building on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1910-1930.}, author={Alexandra Minna Stern}, journal={The Hispanic American historical review}, year={1999}, volume={79 1}, pages={ 41-81 } }
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