Mariola Espinosa
1 book
About the Author
Mariola Espinosa is a historian whose research centers on the intersections of disease, empire, and national sovereignty in the Caribbean. Her scholarship illuminates how yellow fever outbreaks shaped political debates and public health policies during Cuba’s transition from colony to republic. Espinosa draws on extensive archival sources to reveal the tensions between local agency and foreign intervention in early twentieth-century Cuba. Her work contributes to broader conversations about the role of medicine in state formation and the legacies of colonial rule.
Writing style
analytical
archival
nuanced
Books by Mariola Espinosa
