| Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the Immigrant Menace Contributor(s): Kraut, Alan M. (Author), Kraut (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801850967 ISBN-13: 9780801850967 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Risk Assessment - Medical | History - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.104 |
| LCCN: 94037240 |
| Lexile Measure: 1630 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.16" W x 9.25" (1.17 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |