Book ID: CBB000771805

Leprosy and Empire: A Medical and Cultural History (2006)

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Edmond, Rod (Author)


Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2006
Language: English


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: x + 255 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

Description Examines the public revulsion of leprosy and how people in Britain and its colonies responded to its believed spread.


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Review Parle, Julie (2008-9) Review of "Leprosy and Empire: A Medical and Cultural History". Journal of Social History (p. 814). unapi

Essay Review Harrison, Mark (2009) After Empire: Searching for A New Synthesis. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 258-268). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Chakrabarti, Pratik
Bala, Poonam
Bonastra, Quim
Booker, John
Burns, Susan L.
Foxhall, Katherine
Journals
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Science Technology and Society
Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Publishers
Manchester University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Ashgate
Lexington Books
Routledge
Univ. Chicago Press
Concepts
Colonialism
Great Britain, colonies
Imperialism
Medicine
Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
Quarantine
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
16th century
Places
India
Africa
Great Britain
Brazil
Asia
Canada
Institutions
East India Company (English)
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