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Author

Abel, Emily K.

Title 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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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	x, 188 p. : ill.
Series	Critical issues in health and medicine
	Critical issues in health and medicine.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-177) and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780813541754 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0813541751 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780813541761 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	081354176X (pbk. : alk. paper)