Global Epidemics, Local Implications: African Immigrants and the Ebola Crisis in Dallas - Couverture rigide

Thomas, Kevin J. A.

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ISBN 10 : 1421432994 ISBN 13 : 9781421432991

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020

Synopsis

How fear and stigma affected the lives of African immigrants during the global Ebola epidemic--and the resilient ways in which immigrant communities responded.

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.

In 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Kevin J. A. Thomas is a distinguished professor of sociology at Rice University. He is the author of Global Epidemics, Local Implications: African Immigrants and the Ebola Crisis in Dallas and Diverse Pathways: Race and the Incorporation of Black, White, and Arab-Origin Africans in the United States.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1421432994
• ISBN 13: 9781421432991
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272
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