Fevered Measures

Author: John Mckiernan-Gonzalez
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0822352761
Category: Medical

Fevered Measures: Public Health and Race at the Texas-Mexico Border, 1848–1942

In Fevered Measures, John Mckiernan-GonzAlez examines public health campaigns along the Texas-Mexico border between 1848 and 1942 and reveals the changing medical and political frameworks U. Download Fevered Measures medical books for free.
. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease. The medical borders created by these officials changed with each contagion and sometimes varied from the existing national borders. Federal officers sought to distinguish Mexican citizens from U.S. citizens, a process troubled by the deeply interconnected nature of border communities. Mckiernan-GonzAlez uncovers forgotten or ignored cases in which Mexicans, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and other groups were subject to-and sometimes agents of-quarantines, inspections, dete Get Fevered Measures our bestseller medical books.

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. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease. The medical borders created by these officials changed with each contagion and sometimes varied from the existing national borders. Federal officers sought to distinguish Mexican citizens from U Mckiernan-GonzAlez uncovers forgotten or ignored cases in which Mexicans, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and other groups were subject to-and sometimes agents of-quarantines, inspections, dete

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