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Interlopers in the land of sunshine : Chinese disease carriers, launderers, and vegetable peddlers

Caught between discourses of disease, health, and nation : public health attitudes toward Japanese and Mexican laborers in progressive-era Los Angeles

Institutionalizing public health in ethnic Los Angeles in the 1920s

"We can no longer ignore the problem of the Mexican" : depression-era public health policies in Los Angeles

The fight for "health, morality, and decent living standards" : Mexican Americans and the struggle for public housing in 1930s Los Angeles

Epilogue : genealogies of racial discourses and practices.

Immigrants > Health and hygiene > California > Los Angeles > History.

Asian Americans > Health and hygiene > California > Los Angeles > History.

Mexican Americans > Health and hygiene > California > Los Angeles > History.

Public health > California > Los Angeles > History.

Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations > History.