Infectious fear politics, disease, and the health effects of segregation / Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr.
| Author/creator | Roberts, Samuel, 1973- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, |
| Description | xiii, 313 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in social medicine Studies in social medicine. ^A422197 |
| Contents | Introduction : disease histories and race histories -- Toward a historical epidemiology of African American tuberculosis -- The rise of the city and the decline of the Negro : the historical idea of Black tuberculosis and the politics of color and class -- Urban underdevelopment, politics, and the landscape of health -- Establishing boundaries : politics, science, and stigma in the early antituberculosis movement -- Locating African Americans and finding the "lung block" -- The web of surveillance and the emerging politics of public health in Baltimore -- The road to Henryton and the ends of progressivism -- Conclusion : unequal burdens : public health at the intersection of segregation and housing politics. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-298) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008045184 |
| ISBN | 9780807832592 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807859346 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 40016535092 |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |