Colonizing leprosy
Subtitle: imperialism and the politics of public health in the United States
By: Michelle T. Moran.
Series: Studies in social medicine
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780807831458; 9780807858394
Subjects: 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; 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 and index.
Table of contents: title: Protecting the national body; title: Creating a colonial disease; title: Sacred duties, public spaces; title: Institutionalizing american leprosy; title: Leprosy and citizenship; title: Negotiating an end to segregation.