Leprosy and Empire: A Medical and Cultural History

by Rod Edmond and Edmond Rod

Book Overview

An innovative, interdisciplinary study of why leprosy, a disease with a very low level of infection, has repeatedly provoked revulsion and fear. Rod Edmond explores, in particular, how these reactions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123127
• ISBN13: 9780521123129
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"