Snelders, Stephen,  1963- <br/><br/>
Leprosy and colonialism :  Suriname under Dutch rule, 1750-1950 / 
Stephen Snelders. 
 - Manchester :  Manchester University Press,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Manchester History of Medicine Social histories of medicine .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781526113023 9781526113016 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB773366  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>018314757  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Leprosy--History.--Suriname
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC154  / .L477 2017