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Colonizing leprosy : imperialism and the politics of public health in the United States
- Title
- Colonizing leprosy : imperialism and the politics of public health in the United States / Michelle T. Moran.
- Author
- Moran, Michelle Therese, 1967-
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007], ©2007.
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- Description
- xiii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in social medicine
- Uniform Title
- Studies in social medicine.
- Subjects
- Leprosy > United States > History
- Health Policy
- United States
- Patient Isolation > history
- Public health > United States > History
- Colonialism > history
- Kalaupapa (Hawaii)
- History, 19th Century
- Public Health Service Hospital at Carville, La
- History, 20th Century
- United States Marine Hospital No. 66 (Carville, La.)
- Prejudice
- Leprosy > history
- Imperialism > United States > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Protecting the national body -- 2. Creating a colonial disease -- 3. Sacred duties, public spaces -- 4. Institutionalizing American leprosy -- 5. Leprosy and citizenship -- 6. Negotiating an end to segregation.
- ISBN
- 9780807831458 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 080783145X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780807858394 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0807858390 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007008206
- OCLC
- ocm85498805
- 85498805
- SCSB-8854028
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries