Tuberculosis and the politics of exclusion : a history of public health and migration to Los Angeles

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

Author/creator	Abel, Emily K.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2007.
Description	x, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	ebrary
Subject(s)	Tuberculosis--California --Los Angeles --History --19th century. Tuberculosis--California --Los Angeles --History --20th century. Immigrants--Diseases --California --Los Angeles --History --19th century. Immigrants--Diseases --California --Los Angeles --History --20th century. Immigrants--Medical care --California --Los Angeles --History --19th century. Immigrants--Medical care --California --Los Angeles --History --20th century. Discrimination in medical care--California --Los Angeles --History --19th century. Discrimination in medical care--California --Los Angeles --History --20th century. Public health--California --Los Angeles --History --19th century. Public health--California --Los Angeles --History --20th century. Tuberculosis, Pulmonary--history. History, 19th Century--California --Los Angeles. History, 20th Century--California --Los Angeles. Minority Groups--California --Los Angeles. Prejudice--California --Los Angeles. Public Health--history --California --Los Angeles. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic relations --History --19th century. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic relations --History --20th century. Los Angeles.

Series	Critical issues in health and medicine Critical issues in health and medicine. ^A886083
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-177) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Abel, Emily K. Tuberculosis and the politics of exclusion. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2007
LCCN	2007000028
ISBN	9780813541754 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	0813541751 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	9780813541761 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN	081354176X (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WF 300 A139T 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold