Fit to be Citizens?: Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939
- ISBN-10
- 0520246489
- ISBN-13
- 9780520246485
- Category
- Asian Americans
- Pages
- 279
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Natalia Molina
Description
Shows how science and public health shaped the meaning of race in the early twentieth century. Examining the experiences of Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, this book illustrates the ways health officials used complexly constructed concerns about public health to demean, diminish, discipline, and define racial groups.
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