The Kidney and the Cane
Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua
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Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME)Language
EnglishAbstract
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.
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 diseaseDOI
10.1215/9781478060864ISBN
9781478094302, 9781478028666, 9781478031871Publisher
Duke University PressPublisher website
https://www.dukeupress.edu/Publication date and place
2025Imprint
Duke University Press BooksSeries
Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography,Classification
Ethnic studies
Nicaragua
Anthropology
Human geography