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100			_aMarkel, Howard
245			_aWhich face? Whose Nation?: immigration, public health and the construction of disease at America's ports and borders, 1891-1928
260			_c1999
300			_ap.1314-331
362			_aJun-Jul
520			_aThis article examines medical inspections of immigrants arriving to U.S. ports and borders from the period 1891 to 1928. Comparing the activities of the U.S. Public Health Service at four immigration stations, the authors emphasize the importance of regional differences in the history of immigration and public health. In addition, they argue that categories of medical exclusion emerged in conjunction with early-20th-century attitudes toward skin color and nationality, increasing stringent citizenship laws, and immigrant groups' varying relationships to the labor market. Finally, the authors argue that medical labels became more flexible over time, moving from clearly infectious and quarantinable diseases to more chronic conditions of physical and/or mental disability. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic health - United States
650			_aImmigration - United States
650			_aImmigration
700			_aStern, Alexandra Minna
773			_aAmerican Behavioral Scientist
909			_a41793
999			_c41793 _d41793