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'This is an innovative study in social and medical history. Following Randall Packard's book on tuberculosis, it is a pioneering analysis of a single disease and its ramification in the country's history. Understanding both the incidence, and treatment, of syphilis in South Africa demands attention to migrant labour, the development of medical services, prostitution and racial ideas. The approach adopted is also an excellent foundation for an analysis of the contemporary epidemic of AIDS which threatens to ravage the sub-continent. The final chapter makes such linkages explicit.' - William Beinart, Professor of Race Relations, University of Oxford
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Book Title: The Colour of Disease
Book Subtitle: Syphilis and Racism in South Africa, 1880-1950
Authors: Karen Jochelson
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333992661
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-74044-6Published: 03 April 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-40973-0Published: 01 January 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-99266-1Published: 02 April 2001
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 248
Topics: Social Policy, African Culture, Asian History, Ethnicity Studies, History of Medicine, Popular Science in Medicine and Health