Leprosy and colonialism : Suriname under Dutch rule, 1750-1950 /

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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 its legacy in the modern colonial state.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Snelders, Stephen, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Series:Social histories of medicine.
Subjects:
British Leprosy Relief Association
Leprosy > Suriname > History.
Leprosy > history
Lèpre > Suriname > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America
Leprosy
Netherlandish colonies
Sklaverei
Kolonialismus
Netherlands > Colonies > America > History.
Netherlands > Colonies > History.
Suriname
Pays-Bas > Colonies > Histoire.
America
Surinam
Niederlande
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Leprosy in a slave society
  • 1. The making of a colonial disease in the eighteenth century
  • 2. A policy of 'Great Confinement', 1815-1863
  • 3. Slaves and medicine: black perspectives
  • 4. 'Battleground in the jungle': the Batavia leprosy asylum in the age of slavery
  • Part II: Leprosy in a modern colonial state
  • 5. Transformations and discussion, Suriname and the Netherlands, 1863-1890
  • 6. Towards a modern colonial state: reorganizing leprosy care, 1890-1900
  • 7. Developing modern leprosy politics, 1900-1950
  • 8. Colonial medicine and folk beliefs in the modern era
  • 9. Complex microcosms: asylums and treatments, 1900-1950
  • Conclusion
  • Sources and select bibliography.

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