Migrants, Minorities & Health

Historical and Contemporary Studies

Edited by Lara Marks, Michael Worboys

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About the Book

Migrants, Minorities and Health explores the relations between medicine and the minorities in the twentieth century. The contributors present both historical and contemporary studies of migrant and minority groups from societies around the world in order to examine how health issues have interacted with ideas of ethnicity and race.
The essays collected here explore the historical origins and contemporary power of stereotypical views - of immigrants as importers of disease, for instance, or of minorities as sources of infection in the host society. The authors show how ideas of ethnicity and race have shaped, and have in turn been influenced by, the construction of medical ideas.
Challenging common assumptions about migrants, minorities and health, this collection brings together new perspectives from a variety of disciplines. It will make fascinating reading for social historians, medical historians and social policy makers.

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Contributors include: Dr Maggie Brady, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australia; John Eade, Rohampton Institute, London; Liam Greenslade, University of Liverpool; Dr Mark Harrison, Sheffield Hallam University; Dr Lindsey Harrison, University of Wollongong, Australia; Dr Lisa Hilder, London; Professor Alan M. Kraut, The American University. Washington D.C.; Professor Stephen Kunitz, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York; Professor Moss Maden, University of Liverpool; Dr Desmond Manderson, Australia National University, Canberra; Professor Lenore Manderson, University of Queensland Medical School; Dr Lara Marks, Imperial College, London; Richard Meckel, Brown University, USA