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Main description:
In the early 1900s, panic over the arrival of South Asian immigrants swept up and down the west coast of North America. While racism and fear of labour competition were at the heart of this furor, Not Fit to Stay reveals that public leaders - including physicians, union leaders, civil servants, journalists, and politicians - latched on to unsubstantiated public health concerns to justify the exclusion of South Asians from Canada and the United States.
Contents:
Introduction
1 "Leprosy and Plague Riot in Their Blood": The Germination of a Thesis, 1906
2 Riots, Plague, and the Advent of Executive Exclusion
3 "The Public Health Must Prevail": Enforcing Exclusion
4 Amoebic and Social Parasites, 1910-13
5 South Asians, Public Health, and Eugenic Theory
6 Franchise Denied
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication date: July, 2017
Pages: 584
Weight: 420g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Public Health