04583nam 22008654a 450 991078182940332120230721032238.097866112443231-281-24432-50-8135-4382-710.36019/9780813543826(CKB)1000000000486623(EBL)334812(OCoLC)476144518(SSID)ssj0000262803(PQKBManifestationID)11256212(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262803(PQKBWorkID)10272204(PQKB)10909178(MiAaPQ)EBC334812(DE-B1597)529057(DE-B1597)9780813543826(Au-PeEL)EBL334812(CaPaEBR)ebr10217872(CaONFJC)MIL124432(OCoLC)1156975367(EXLCZ)99100000000048662320070105d2007 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtccrTuberculosis and the politics of exclusion[electronic resource] a history of public health and migration to Los Angeles /Emily K. AbelNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20071 online resource (202 p.)Critical issues in health and medicineDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4175-1 0-8135-4176-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-177) and index.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.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 sick and debilitated. As more and more migrants poured in, however, a gap emerged between the city’s glittering image and its dark reality. Emily K. Abel shows how the association of the disease with “tramps” during the 1880's and 1890's and Dust Bowl refugees during the 1930's provoked exclusionary measures against both groups. In addition, public health officials sought not only to restrict the entry of Mexicans (the majority of immigrants) during the 1920's but also to expel them during the 1930's. Abel’s revealing account provides a critical lens through which to view both the contemporary debate about immigration and the U.S. response to the emergent global tuberculosis epidemic.Critical issues in health and medicine.TuberculosisCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory19th centuryTuberculosisCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryImmigrantsDiseasesCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory19th centuryImmigrantsDiseasesCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryImmigrantsMedical careCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory19th centuryImmigrantsMedical careCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryDiscrimination in medical careCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory19th centuryDiscrimination in medical careCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryPublic healthCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory19th centuryPublic healthCaliforniaLos AngelesHistory20th centuryLos Angeles (Calif.)Ethnic relationsHistory19th centuryLos Angeles (Calif.)Ethnic relationsHistory20th centuryTuberculosisHistoryTuberculosisHistoryImmigrantsDiseasesHistoryImmigrantsDiseasesHistoryImmigrantsMedical careHistoryImmigrantsMedical careHistoryDiscrimination in medical careHistoryDiscrimination in medical careHistoryPublic healthHistoryPublic healthHistory616.9/9500979494Abel Emily K943482MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781829403321Tuberculosis and the politics of exclusion3683434UNINA