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Author:
Moran, Michelle Therese, 1967-
Title:
Colonizing leprosy : imperialism and the politics of public health in the United States / Michelle T. Moran.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
xiii, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Kalaupapa (Hawaii)
United States Marine Hospital No. 66 (Carville, La.)
Public Health Service Hospital at Carville, La.
Leprosy--United States--History.
Colonialism--United States--History.
Public health--United States--History.
Leprosy--history--United States.
Colonialism--history--United States.
Health Policy--United States.
History, 19th Century--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Patient Isolation--history--United States.
Prejudice--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index.
Contents:
Protecting the national body -- Creating a colonial disease -- Sacred duties, public spaces -- Institutionalizing American leprosy -- Leprosy and citizenship -- Negotiating an end to segregation.
Series:
Studies in social medicine
ISBN:
0807858390 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807858394 (pbk. : alk. paper)
080783145X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807831458 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)85498805
LCCN:
2007008206
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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