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Fit to be citizens? [electronic resource] : public health and race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 / Natalia Molina.

By: Molina, Natalia.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: American crossroads: 20.Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006Description: xiv, 279 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Immigrants -- Health and hygiene -- California -- Los Angeles -- History | Asian Americans -- Health and hygiene -- California -- Los Angeles -- History | Mexican Americans -- Health and hygiene -- California -- Los Angeles -- History | Public health -- California -- Los Angeles -- History | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 362.1/0979494 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Interlopers in the land of sunshine : Chinese disease carriers, launderers, and vegetable peddlers -- Caught between discourses of disease, health, and nation : public health attitudes toward Japanese and Mexican laborers in progressive-era Los Angeles -- Institutionalizing public health in ethnic Los Angeles in the 1920s -- "We can no longer ignore the problem of the Mexican" : depression-era public health policies in Los Angeles -- The fight for "health, morality, and decent living standards" : Mexican Americans and the struggle for public housing in 1930s Los Angeles -- Epilogue : genealogies of racial discourses and practices.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.

Interlopers in the land of sunshine : Chinese disease carriers, launderers, and vegetable peddlers -- Caught between discourses of disease, health, and nation : public health attitudes toward Japanese and Mexican laborers in progressive-era Los Angeles -- Institutionalizing public health in ethnic Los Angeles in the 1920s -- "We can no longer ignore the problem of the Mexican" : depression-era public health policies in Los Angeles -- The fight for "health, morality, and decent living standards" : Mexican Americans and the struggle for public housing in 1930s Los Angeles -- Epilogue : genealogies of racial discourses and practices.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.