Leprosy and Colonialism - Suriname Under Dutch Rule, 1750-1950 (Hardcover)

Leprosy and colonialism investigates the history of leprosy in Suriname within the context of Dutch colonial power and racial conflict, from the plantation economy and the age of slavery to the modern colonial state. It explores the relationship between the modern stigmatization and exclusion of people affected with leprosy, and the political tensions and racial fears originating in colonial slave society, exerting their influence until after the decolonization up to the present day. In the book colonial sources are read from shifting perspectives, of the colonial rulers and, 'from below', the ruled. Though leprosy is today a neglected tropical disease, recognizing influences of our colonial heritage in our global management of health and disease, and exploring the perspectives of other cultures are essential in a time in which migration movements make the permeability of boundaries, and transmission of diseases, more common then perhaps ever before. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Histories of Medicine
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Stephen Snelders (Postdoctoral research fellow)
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-1299-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-5261-1299-X
Barcode:	9781526112996

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