History Of American Public Health - 1694 Words

Maliha Sultana History of American Public Health TA: Micah David McElroy December 15, 2015 The Mad Gone Mad†¦or Just Gone The late nineteenth century saw a tide of immigrants entering the American borders who were no longer considered an effective work force. Rather, these newcomers were perceived as threats to the American population as they were considered responsible depleting jobs, housing, and other resources. With the simultaneous rise of insane asylums, professionals increasingly targeted mentally ill immigrants as scapegoats for larger social and economic problems. This paper attempts to examine the manner in which professionals used the language of mental illness to redefine immigrants as threats to national prosperity, thereby lending â€Å"scientific† support to deportation policies that jeopardized both the place of immigrants in American society and, unintentionally, the nation’s economy. 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