Doctors at the Borders

Michael C. LeMay, PhD, is professor emeritus of political science at California State University-San Bernardino (CSUSB), CA.

• List of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Age of Mass Migration, 1820–1920The Old Immigrant Wave, 1820–1880The New Immigrant Wave, 1880–1920Reaction to Change—the Nativist Movement and Growing RestrictionismPublic Policy Reactions to Mass MigrationConclusion: Closing the Golden Door2. The Period of PandemicsNotable Epidemic/Pandemic Diseases and North American ImmigrationGerm Theory and Medical Science Developments to Cope with PandemicsConclusion3. The Angel Island Quarantine/Immigration Station, 1891–1946A Brief History of the Angel Island Quarantine/Immigration StationThe Immigration StationCoping with Epidemics and PandemicsSpreading InnovationsConclusion4. The Ellis Island StationA Brief History of Ellis Island Quarantine StationCoping with EpidemicsSpreading InnovationsConclusion5. The New Orleans StationA Brief History of the City and Immigration to and through New OrleansThe New Orleans StationCoping with Epidemics and Pandemics at New OrleansSpreading InnovationsConclusion6. Ten Lessons LearnedLesson 1: A Question of When, Not IfLesson 2: Political Exigencies Tend to Trump Medical AdviceLesson 3: Preventive Medicine Is BestLesson 4: Mission Complexity Hampers Effective ResponseLesson 5: As Man Adapts to Nature, Nature Adapts to ManLesson 6: We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is UsLesson 7: The Special Threat of BioterrorismLesson 8: The Importance of an Early Warning SystemLesson 9: The Necessity for International Cooperation to Face a Global ThreatLesson 10: Plan to Succeed, or Plan on FailingConclusionGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

This is a useful book that the general reader can appreciate and policy makers will find useful. Good notes, bibliography, and glossary. Summing Up: Recommended. All public health library collections.