The Kidney and the Cane : Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua

Nading, Alex M.

doi:10.1215/9781478060864

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Nading, Alex M.

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Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME)

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English

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Résumé

Alex M. Nading argues that the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes among those living near and working in Nicaragua’s sugarcane plantations is not a result of climate change, it is climate change.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159268

Keywords

Medical anthropology;climate change;Latin America;labor;plantation studies;Sugarcane plantations;environmental justice;moral economy;corporate social responsibility;World Bank Compliance Advisor Ombudsman;chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes CKDnt;epidemic narrative;necropolitics;late-stage kidney disease