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
Physical Details: x + 255 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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
Zach Sell
Morgan J. Robinson
Worboys, Michael
Wisnicki, Adrian S
Tilley, Helen
Concepts
Colonialism
Great Britain, colonies
Imperialism
Medicine
Tropical medicine
Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Enlightenment
Places
India
Great Britain
Africa
United States
South Africa
Europe
Institutions
East India Company (English)
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