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Tuberculosis and the politics of exclusion : a history of public health and migration to Los Angeles / Emily K. Abel

Catalog Data

Author:
Abel, Emily K  Search this
Physical description:
x, 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Date:
2007
C2007
19th century
20th century
Notes:
NMAH copy 39088015231574 Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment.
Contents:
Pestilence in the promised land -- Strategies of exclusion -- Creating a tuberculosis program -- "Outsiders" -- Slashing services in the Great Depression -- Expelling Mexicans and Filipinos -- "Agitation over the migrant issue" -- Fighting TB in Black Los Angeles
Topic:
Tuberculosis--History  Search this
Immigrants--Diseases--History  Search this
Immigrants--Medical care--History  Search this
Discrimination in medical care--History  Search this
Public health--History  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_963894