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

By:

Snelders, Stephen, 1963- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781526113023
9781526113016

Subject(s):

Leprosy -- Suriname -- History

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

RC154 .L477 2017

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Contents:

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.

Subject: 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.

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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.

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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