Tuberculosis and the Politics of Exclusion A History of Public Health and Migration to Los Angeles

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 s...

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Main Author: Abel, Emily K.
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J Rutgers University Press 2007
Edition:1
Series:Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
Subjects:
19th century
20th century
Califonia
California
Discrimination in medical care
Discrimination in medical care > California > Los Angeles > History > 19th century
Discrimination in medical care > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
disease
Diseases
Dust Bowl refugees
Ethnic relations
Evidence-Based Medicine
exclusionary measures
global tuberculosis epidemic
Health policy
health resort
Health Sciences
History
History, 19th Century
History, 19th Century > Los Angeles
History, 20th Century
History, 20th Century > Los Angeles
Immigrants
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
Immigration
immigration debate
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century
MEDICAL
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / General
Medical care
Mexicans
migration
Minority Groups
Minority Groups > Los Angeles
Prejudice
Prejudice > Los Angeles
Public health
Public health > California > Los Angeles > History > 19th century
Public health > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
Public Health > history > Los Angeles
public health officials
public health policies
publicists
Refugees
social history
transcontinental railroad
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis > California > Los Angeles > History > 19th century
Tuberculosis > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary > history > Los Angeles
U.S.A
transcontinental railroad
disease
tuberculosis
Mexicans
public health policies
global tuberculosis epidemic
social history
public health officials
exclusionary measures
health resort
migration
immigration debate
Los Angeles
Dust Bowl refugees
publicists
ISBN:0813541751, 9780813541754, 081354176X, 9780813541761
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Pestilence in the Promised Land Chapter 2: Strategies of Exclusion Chapter 3: Creating a Tuberculosis Program Chapter 4: “Outsiders” Chapter 5: Slashing Services in the Great Depression Chapter 6: Expelling Mexicans and Filipinos Chapter 7: “Agitation over the Migrant Issue” Chapter 8: Fighting TB in Black Los Angeles Epilogue Notes Index About the Author
  • Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Pestilence in the Promised Land Chapter 2: Strategies of Exclusion Chapter 3: Creating a Tuberculosis Program Chapter 4: “Outsiders” Chapter 5: Slashing Services in the Great Depression Chapter 6: Expelling Mexicans and Filipinos Chapter 7: “Agitation over the Migrant Issue” Chapter 8: Fighting TB in Black Los Angeles Epilogue Notes Index About the Author Title Page, Copyright Cover
  • Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Pestilence in the Promised Land -- Chapter 2: Strategies of Exclusion -- Chapter 3: Creating a Tuberculosis Program -- Chapter 4: "Outsiders" -- Chapter 5: Slashing Services in the Great Depression -- Chapter 6: Expelling Mexicans and Filipinos -- Chapter 7: "Agitation over the Migrant Issue" -- Chapter 8: Fighting TB in Black Los Angeles -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Index --
  • Contents --
  • Chapter 4. “Outsiders” --
  • About the Author
  • Epilogue --
  • Illustrations --
  • Chapter 8. Fighting TB in Black Los Angeles --
  • Chapter 5. Slashing Services in the Great Depression --
  • Chapter 6. Expelling Mexicans and Filipinos --
  • Chapter 3. Creating a Tuberculosis Program --
  • Chapter 7. “Agitation over the Migrant Issue” --
  • Chapter 1. Pestilence in the Promised Land --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Chapter 2. Strategies of Exclusion --
  • Notes --
  • Introduction --