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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1. Verfasser:	Abel, Emily K.
Format:	E-Book Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	New Brunswick, N.J Rutgers University Press 2007
Ausgabe:	1
Schriftenreihe:	Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
Schlagworte:	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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