Fevered measures : public health and race at the Texas-Mexico border, 1848-1942 /

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In Fevered Measures, John Mckiernan-González examines public health campaigns along the Texas-Mexico border between 1848 and 1942 and reveals the changing medical and political frameworks U.S. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mckiernan-González, John Raymond
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Communicable diseases > Transmission > Mexican-American Border Region > Prevention > History.
Public health > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Emigration and immigration > Health aspects > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Cross-cultural studies.
Communicable Disease Control > history
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Public Health > history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Santé publique > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Histoire.
Études transculturelles.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Cross-cultural studies
Communicable diseases > Transmission > Prevention
Emigration and immigration > Health aspects
Public health
Gesundheitspolitik
Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Texas
Mexico
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Histoire.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:In Fevered Measures, John Mckiernan-González examines public health campaigns along the Texas-Mexico border between 1848 and 1942 and reveals the changing medical and political frameworks U.S. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822395416
082239541X
9786613896247
6613896241
1283583798
9781283583794

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