Global Epidemics, Local Implications - African Immigrants and the Ebola Crisis in Dallas

Ultimately, this book shows how these responses underscore the importance of immigrant resources for developing public health interventions.

About the author

Kevin J. A. Thomas is a professor of sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq: Sierra Leonean Labor Migrants at US Military Bases and Diverse Pathways: Race and the Incorporation of Black, White, and Arab-Origin Africans in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin J a Thomas, Kevin J. A. Thomas
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781421432991
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3299-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Infection Control, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine