The Colour of Disease: Syphilis and Racism in South Africa, 1880-1950

by Karen Jochelson

Book Overview

Today AIDS dominates the headlines. A century ago it was fears of syphilis epidemics. This book looks at how the spread of syphilis was linked to socio-economic transformation land dispossession, migrancy and urbanisation disrupted social networks - factors similarly important in the AIDS crisis. Medical explanations of syphilis and state medical policy, however, were shaped by contemporary beliefs about race. Doctors drew on ideas from social Darwinism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349409731
• ISBN13: 9781349409730
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"