LEADER 03505nam 22006734a 450 001 9910455391603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0589-9 010 $a0-8078-9407-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787209 035 $a(EBL)454830 035 $a(OCoLC)435671248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000178807 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165691 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178807 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229739 035 $a(PQKB)10762545 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454830 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23497 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454830 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10313961 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930072 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787209 100 $a20081020d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInfectious fear$b[electronic resource] $epolitics, disease, and the health effects of segregation /$fSamuel Kelton Roberts Jr 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in social medicine 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5934-6 311 $a0-8078-3259-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 224-298) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : disease histories and race histories -- Toward a historical epidemiology of African American tuberculosis -- The rise of the city and the decline of the Negro : the historical idea of Black tuberculosis and the politics of color and class -- Urban underdevelopment, politics, and the landscape of health -- Establishing boundaries : politics, science, and stigma in the early antituberculosis movement -- Locating African Americans and finding the "lung block" -- The web of surveillance and the emerging politics of public health in Baltimore -- The road to Henryton and the ends of progressivism -- Conclusion : unequal burdens : public health at the intersection of segregation and housing politics. 330 $aFor most of the first half of the twentieth century, tuberculosis ranked among the top three causes of mortality among urban African Americans. Often afflicting an entire family or large segments of a neighborhood, the plague of TB was as mysterious as it was fatal. Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr. examines how individuals and institutions--black and white, public and private--responded to the challenges of tuberculosis in a segregated society. Reactionary white politicians and health officials promoted ""racial hygiene"" and sought to control TB through Jim Crow quarantines, Roberts explains 410 0$aStudies in social medicine. 606 $aTuberculosis$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xDiseases$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aUrban health$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSegregation$xHealth aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTuberculosis$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xDiseases$xHistory 615 0$aUrban health$xHistory 615 0$aSegregation$xHealth aspects$xHistory 676 $a362.196/995 700 $aRoberts$b Samuel$f1973-$01046502 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455391603321 996 $aInfectious fear$92473447 997 $aUNINA