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Global epidemics, local implications : African immigrants and the Ebola crisis in Dallas
- Title
- Global epidemics, local implications : African immigrants and the Ebola crisis in Dallas / Kevin J.A. Thomas.
- Author
- Thomas, Kevin J. A.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- ix, 255 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In December 2013, a series of Ebola infections in Meliandou, Guinea, set off a chain of events culminating in the world's largest Ebola epidemic. Concerns about the virus in the United States reached a peak when Thomas Duncan, a Liberian national visiting family in Dallas, became the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola and die of the disease on US soil. 0In 'Global Epidemics, Local Implications', Kevin J. A. Thomas highlights the complex ways in which disease outbreaks that begin in one part of the world affect the lives of immigrants in another. Drawing on information from a community survey, participant observations, government documents, and newspapers, Thomas examines how African immigrants were negatively affected by public backlash and their agency and resilience in responding to the consequences of epidemic. Ultimately, this book shows how these responses underscore the importance of immigrant resources for developing public health interventions.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- International migration, Ebola, and responses to global epidemics -- Fear, blame, and the social response to epidemics -- Solidarity and support among Africans in Dallas -- Experiencing the consequences of an epidemic in West Africa -- The tragedy in Dallas -- Africans as untouchables -- Fighting back.
- Call Number
- Sc E 20-352
- ISBN
- 9781421432991
- 1421432994
- 9781421433004 (canceled/invalid)
- 1421433001 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019007923
- OCLC
- 1086616671
- Author
- Thomas, Kevin J. A., author.
- Title
- Global epidemics, local implications : African immigrants and the Ebola crisis in Dallas / Kevin J.A. Thomas.
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 20-352