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

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 cur...

By Amy L. Fairchild
Hardcover: 408 pages
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition (June 4, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780801870804
ISBN-13: 978-0801870804
ASIN: 0801870801
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.3 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1856697
Format: PDF Text djvu book

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