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Zusatztext "This book is full of intriguing discussions of selected public health incidents, drawn principally from the first three decades of the twentieth century. . . . The volume rests upon excellent research in the local records, and Natalia Molina presents a wealth of detailed and previously unexplored information about the shifting policies of Los Angeles health officers during that period." Informationen zum Autor Natalia Molina is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at University of Southern California and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. She is the author of the award winning How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts and the co-editor of Relational Formations of Race: Theory, Method, and Practice . Klappentext " Fit to Be Citizens is tightly organized! crisply and clearly argued! and beautifully written throughout. Molina paints a vivid portrait of an understudied dimension of southern California social history."-David G. Gutiérrez! author of Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans! Mexican Immigrants! and the Politics of Ethnicity "This riveting study crosses boundaries of both discipline and nationality to marvelous effect."-David Roediger! author of Working Toward Whiteness Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Interlopers in the Land of Sunshine: Chinese Disease Carriers! Launderers! and Vegetable Peddlers 2. Caught between Discourses of Disease! Health! and Nation: Public Health Attitudes toward Japanese and Mexican Laborers in Progressive-Era Los Angeles 3. Institutionalizing Public Health in Ethnic Los Angeles in the 1920s 4. "We Can No Longer Ignore the Problem of the Mexican": Depression-Era Public Health Policies in Los Angeles 5. The Fight for "Health! Morality! and Decent Living Standards": Mexican Americans and the Struggle for Public Housing in 1930s Los Angeles Epilogue: Genealogies of Racial Discourses and Practices Notes Bibliography Index ...
