Fit to be citizens? public health and race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 - Molina, Natalia; ebrary, Inc. (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: 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 -- History; Electronic books