Doctors at the borders : immigration and the rise of public health / Michael C. LeMay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LeMay, Michael C., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases--Transmission.

Communicable diseases.

Emigration and immigration--Health aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Medical assistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

"A unique resource for the general public and students interested in immigration and public health, this book presents a comprehensive history of public health and draws 10 key lessons for current immigration and health policymakers"-- Provided by publisher.

"This text examines the impact of immigration and dissects the legal and illegal immigration impacts on American policy and politics in future decades"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""1. The Age of Mass Migration, 1820�1920 ""; ""The Old Immigrant Wave, 1820�1880 ""; ""The New Immigrant Wave, 1880�1920 ""; ""Reaction to Change�the Nativist Movement and Growing Restrictionism ""

""Public Policy Reactions to Mass Migration """"Conclusion: Closing the Golden Door ""; ""2. The Period of Pandemics ""; ""Notable Epidemic/Pandemic Diseases and North American Immigration""; ""Germ Theory and Medical Science Developments to Cope with Pandemics""; ""Conclusion ""; ""3. The Angel Island Quarantine/Immigration Station, 1891�1946""; ""A Brief History of the Angel Island Quarantine/Immigration Station""

""The Immigration Station """"Coping with Epidemics and Pandemics ""; ""Spreading Innovations ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""4. The Ellis Island Station ""; ""A Brief History of Ellis Island Quarantine Station ""; ""Coping with Epidemics ""; ""Spreading Innovations ""; ""Conclusion ""

""5. The New Orleans Station """"A Brief History of the City and Immigration to and through New Orleans""; ""The New Orleans Station ""; ""Coping with Epidemics and Pandemics at New Orleans ""; ""Spreading Innovations ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""6. Ten Lessons Learned ""; ""Lesson 1: A Question of When, Not If ""

""Lesson 2: Political Exigencies Tend to Trump Medical Advice """"Lesson 3: Preventive Medicine Is Best ""; ""Lesson 4: Mission Complexity Hampers Effective Response ""; ""Lesson 5: As Man Adapts to Nature, Nature Adapts to Man ""; ""Lesson 6: We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us ""

""Lesson 7: The Special Threat of Bioterrorism ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9798400641787

9798216075639

9781440840258

1440840253

OCLC:

914151816