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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snelders, Stephen, 1963- author.

Series:

Social histories of medicine.

Manchester History of Medicine

Social histories of medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leprosy--Suriname--History.

Leprosy.

Netherlands--Colonies--America--History.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 276 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781526128485

1526128489

9781526113016

1526113015

OCLC:

990187348