Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation

Contributor(s): Roberts, Samuel Kelton, Jr (Author)

ISBN: 9780807859346

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

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Pub Date: May 1, 2009

Dewey: 362.196995

LCCN: 2008045184

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 9.10" L x 6.10" W ( 1.15 lbs) 328 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Studies in Social Medicine

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Description: Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation

Brief description: Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr. is associate professor of history at Columbia University and assistant professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

Review Quotes: "A major contribution to the historical study of disease in the United States. . . . Meticulously researched, critically acute, and displays an impressive grasp of the clinical aspect of TB, both present and historical." -- Doody's Review Service

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