Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the Immigrant Menace by Alan M. Kraut

Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the Immigrant Menace

Alan M. Kraut

384 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction health history science challenging informative slow-paced
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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 slande...

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