02436nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10178203 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050607s2006 cauab sb s001 0 eng 2005016385 GBA630305 bnb 013421209 Uk 0520246489 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520246497 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520246492 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614493231 n-us-ca RA448.4 .M65 2006eb 362.1/0979494 22 Molina, Natalia. Fit to be citizens? [electronic resource] : public health and race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 / Natalia Molina. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006. xiv, 279 p. : ill., maps. American crossroads ; 20 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index. Interlopers in the land of sunshine : Chinese disease carriers, launderers, and vegetable peddlers -- Caught between discourses of disease, health, and nation : public health attitudes toward Japanese and Mexican laborers in progressive-era Los Angeles -- Institutionalizing public health in ethnic Los Angeles in the 1920s -- "We can no longer ignore the problem of the Mexican" : depression-era public health policies in Los Angeles -- 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Immigrants Health and hygiene California Los Angeles History. Asian Americans Health and hygiene California Los Angeles History. Mexican Americans Health and hygiene California Los Angeles History. Public health California Los Angeles History. Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. American crossroads ; 20. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10178203 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 236787 236787