Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the Immigrant Menace

Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the Immigrant Menace

by Alan M . Kraut (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Johns Hopkins Paperbacks Ed
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 01 Mar 1995

ISBN 10: 0801850967
ISBN 13: 9780801850967