Tuberculosis and the politics of exclusion : a history of public health and migration to Los Angeles / Emily K. Abel.

New Brunswick ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2007], ©2007.

x, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-177) and index.

Pestilence in the promised land -- Strategies of exclusion -- Creating a tuberculosis program -- "Outsiders" -- Slashing services in the Great Depression -- Expelling Mexicans and Filipinos -- "Agitation over the migrant issue" -- Fighting TB in Black Los Angeles.