Media coverage of the cholera epidemic of 1850 in Havana in the Spanish Cuba government periodicals

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The article analyzes the narrative created in the government periodical, Gaceta de la Habana, during the cholera epidemic of 1850 in Havana; in the course of this article three main subjects were considered – the dynamics of media coverage, steps against the cholera epidemic and actions of help to the lower class.

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Elizaveta Alekseevna Balkova

Russian State University for the Humanities

Russian Federation, Moscow

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