Title Fevered measures : public health and race at the Texas-Mexico border, 1848-1942 / John Mckiernan-González

Published Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages : illustrations, map Contents From the Texas-Mexico border to the Mexican-Texas epidemic, 1848-1882 -- The promise of progress : quarantines and the fusion of race and nation -- The appearance of progress : Black labor, smallpox, and the body politics of transnational American citizenship, 1895 -- The power of progress : 1898, Laredo and the limits of quarantine, 1899-1903 -- Domestic tensions at an American crossroads : bordering on gender, labor, and typhus control, 1910-1920 -- Bodies of evidence : vaccination and the body politics of transnational Mexican citizenship, 1910-1920 -- Border quarantine and the Texas-Mexico border : race, citizenship, and national identity, 1920-1940 Summary In Fevered Measures, John Mckiernan-González examines public health campaigns along the Texas-Mexico border between 1848 and 1942 and reveals the changing medical and political frameworks U.S. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English Print version record digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Communicable diseases -- Transmission -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Prevention -- History Public health -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History Emigration and immigration -- Health aspects -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History Cross-cultural studies. Communicable Disease Control -- history Cross-Cultural Comparison Public Health -- history History, 19th Century History, 20th Century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. HISTORY -- United States -- General. Cross-cultural studies Communicable diseases -- Transmission -- Prevention Emigration and immigration -- Health aspects Public health Gesundheitspolitik SUBJECT Mexican-American Border Region -- History Texas Mexico Subject North America -- Mexican-American Border Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822395416 082239541X 9786613896247 6613896241 1283583798 9781283583794

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