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TUBERCULOSIS AND THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION
A HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MIGRATION TO LOS ANGELES |
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Emily K. Abel, Rima D. Apple, Janet Golden |
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Paperback |
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£35.00 |
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£31.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
081354176X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813541761 |
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| Publisher: |
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2007 |
| Series: |
Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Series |
| Pages: |
206 |
| Description: |
Shows how the association of the disease with ""tramps"" during the 1880s and 1890s and Dust Bowl refugees during the 1930s provoked exclusionary measures against both groups. This work provides a lens through which to view both the contemporary debate about immigration and the US response to the emergent global tuberculosis epidemic. |
| Synopsis: |
Though notorious for its polluted air today, the city of Los Angeles once touted itself as a health resort. After the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in 1876, publicists launched a campaign to portray the city as the promised land, circulating countless stories of miraculous cures for the sick and debilitated. As more and more migrants poured in, however, a gap emerged between the city's glittering image and its dark reality. In ""Tuberculosis and the Politics of Exclusion"", Emily K. Abel shows how the association of the disease with ""tramps"" during the 1880s and 1890s and Dust Bowl refugees during the 1930s provoked exclusionary measures against both groups. In addition, public health officials sought not only to restrict the entry of Mexicans (the majority of immigrants) during the 1920s but also to expel them during the 1930s. Abel's revealing account provides a critical lens through which to view both the contemporary debate about immigration and the U.S. response to the emergent global tuberculosis epidemic. |
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9 b&w illustrations |
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US |
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Rutgers University Press |
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