Silent travelers : germs, genes, and the "immigrant menace". English

By:

Alan M Kraut

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: The Johns Hopkings University Press 1994 LondonDescription: 369ISBN:

0801850967

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DDC classification:

614.40869 Al118 S 9798

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Books	Chinmaya International Foundation General Stacks	General	614.40869 Al118 S 9798 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

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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