Science at the Borders: Immigrant Medical Inspection and the Shaping of the Modern Industrial Labor Force

by Amy L. Fairchild

In 1891, officers of the United States Public Health Service began examining immigrants at the nation's borders for loathsome and dangerous contagious diseases. First introduced as a means to screen out those who posed a threat to public health, the examinations were soon described by officials as a way of denying entry to applicants who could not work and would, therefore, be a burden on society. But historian Amy Fairchild has unearthed a curious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801870801
• ISBN13: 9780801870804
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher