Fit to be citizens? :: public health and race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 /

Shows how science and public health shaped the meaning of race in the early twentieth century. Examining the experiences of Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, this book illustrates the ways health officials used complexly constructed concerns about public health to demean, dim...

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1. Verfasser: Molina, Natalia
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Schriftenreihe:American crossroads ; 20.
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Zusammenfassung:Shows how science and public health shaped the meaning of race in the early twentieth century. Examining the experiences of Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, this book illustrates the ways health officials used complexly constructed concerns about public health to demean, diminish, discipline, and define racial groups.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index.
ISBN:9780520939202
0520939204
9780520246485
0520246489
9781429481830
1429481838
1282772015
9781282772014
0520246497
9780520246492

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