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Tuberculosis and the Politics of Exclusion: A History of Public Health and Migration to Los Angeles (Critical issues in health and medicine) by Emily K. Abel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Though notorious for its polluted air today, the city of Los Angeles once touted itself as a health resort. After the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in 1876, publicists launched a campaign to portray the city as the promised land, circulating countless stories of miraculous cures for the sick and debilitated. As more and more migrants poured in, however, a gap emerged between the city’s glittering image and its dark reality. </p><p> Emily K. Abel shows how the association
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- Author
- Emily K. Abel
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813582955
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Medical, Education, Urban
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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