Fit to be Citizens?

Fit to be Citizens?

Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939

by Natalia Molina

279 pages· 2006· ISBN 9780520246485

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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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