Tuberculosis and the politics of exclusion [electronic resource] : a history of public health and migration to Los Angeles / Emily K. Abel.
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TextSeries: Critical issues in health and medicinePublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.Description: x, 188 p. : illSubject(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
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
- RC313.C2 A25 2007
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-177) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.