| Description |
xiv, 279 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
American crossroads ; 20
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index. |
| Contents |
Interlopers in the land of sunshine : Chinese disease carriers, launderers, and vegetable peddlers -- Caught between discourses of disease, health, and nation : public health attitudes toward Japanese and Mexican laborers in progressive-era Los Angeles -- Institutionalizing public health in ethnic Los Angeles in the 1920s -- "We can no longer ignore the problem of the Mexican" : depression-era public health policies in Los Angeles -- The fight for "health, morality, and decent living standards" : Mexican Americans and the struggle for public housing in 1930s Los Angeles -- Epilogue : genealogies of racial discourses and practices. |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Health and hygiene -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Asian Americans -- Health and hygiene -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Mexican Americans -- Health and hygiene -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Public health -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- History.
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Public Health -- history -- Los Angeles. |
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Asian Americans -- history -- Los Angeles. |
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Emigration and Immigration -- history -- Los Angeles. |
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History, 19th Century -- Los Angeles. |
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History, 20th Century -- Los Angeles. |
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Mexican Americans -- history -- Los Angeles. |
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Race Relations -- history -- Los Angeles. |
| ISBN |
0520246497 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0520246489 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520246485 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520246492 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101273294 |
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NLGGC 287659453 |
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YDXCP 2392158 |
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YDXCP 2392155 |
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NZ1 9677278 |
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