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Description
This study traces the American tradition of the suspicion of immigrant populations spreading disease. From the cholera outbreak of the 1930s to the associations of Haitians and AIDS, the author shows how immigrant groups have been regularly slandered as carriers of particular diseases.
About the Author
Alan M. Kraut is professor of history at the American University. He is the author of Huddled Masses: The Immigrant in American Society, 1880-1920.