Silent travelers : germs, genes, and the "immigrant menace". English
- London The Johns Hopkings University Press 1994
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This study traces the American tradition of the suspicion of immigrant populations spreading disease. From the cholera outbreak of the 1930s to the associations of Haitians and AIDS, the author shows how immigrant groups have been regularly slandered as carriers of particular diseases.
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Medical policy Emigration and immigration--Government policy Immigrants--Health and hygiene--Government policy