Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the Immigrant Menace

by Alan M. Kraut

Book Overview

This study traces the American tradition of the suspicion of immigrant populations spreading disease. From the cholera outbreak of the 1930s to the associations of Haitians and AIDS, the author shows how immigrant groups have been regularly slandered as carriers of particular diseases.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801850967
• ISBN13: 9780801850967
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"