Colonizing Leprosy: Imperialism and the Politics of Public Health in the United States (Studies in Social Medicine)

Colonizing Leprosy: Imperialism and the Politics of Public Health in the United States (Studies in Social Medicine)

by Michelle Therese Moran (Author)

Synopsis

By comparing institutions in Hawai'i and Louisiana designed to incarcerate individuals with a highly stigmatized disease, this work provides a study of the complex relationship between US imperialism and public health policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 15 Sep 2007

ISBN 10: 0807858390
ISBN 13: 9780807858394