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Author:

Molina, Natalia.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiv, 279 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Immigrants--History.--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Asian Americans--History.--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Mexican Americans--History.--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Public health--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Public Health--history--Los Angeles.
Asian Americans--history--Los Angeles.
Emigration and Immigration--history--Los Angeles.
History, 19th Century--Los Angeles.
History, 20th Century--Los Angeles.
Mexican Americans--history--Los Angeles.
Race Relations--history--Los Angeles.
Sociale gezondheidszorg.
Immigranten.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History.--History.
7.150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.

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.

Series:

American crossroads ; 20

ISBN:

9780520246492
9780520246492 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520246497 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520246485 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520246489 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60650961

LCCN:

2005016385

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)