Fevered measures: public health and race at the Texas-Mexico border, 1848-1942

From the Texas-Mexico border to the Mexican-Texas epidemic, 1848-1882 -- The promise of progress : quarantines and the fusion of race and nation -- The appearance of progress : Black labor, smallpox, and the body politics of transnational American citizenship, 1895 -- The power of progress : 1898, L...

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1. Verfasser: Mckiernan-González, John Raymond (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham, NC Duke University Press 2012
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Zusammenfassung:From the Texas-Mexico border to the Mexican-Texas epidemic, 1848-1882 -- The promise of progress : quarantines and the fusion of race and nation -- The appearance of progress : Black labor, smallpox, and the body politics of transnational American citizenship, 1895 -- The power of progress : 1898, Laredo and the limits of quarantine, 1899-1903 -- Domestic tensions at an American crossroads : bordering on gender, labor, and typhus control, 1910-1920 -- Bodies of evidence : vaccination and the body politics of transnational Mexican citizenship, 1910-1920 -- Border quarantine and the Texas-Mexico border : race, citizenship, and national identity, 1920-1940
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 416 p ill., map)
ISBN:9780822395416
082239541X