How Colonial Power, Colonized People, and Nature Shaped Hansen’s Disease Settlements in Suriname
According to the Dutch colonizers in Suriname, leprosy (or Hansen’s disease) was highly contagious and transmitted from human-to-human. A “<i>cordon sanitaire</i>” was constructed around the patients, mainly African slaves and Asian indentured laborers and their descendants. They were tr...
Päätekijät: | Henk Menke, Toine Pieters, Jack Menke |
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Aineistotyyppi: | Artikkeli |
Kieli: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-04-01
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Sarja: | Societies |
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Linkit: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/10/2/32 |
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