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The Colour of Disease: Syphilis and Racism in South Africa, 1880-1950 - St Antony's Series K. Jochelson
The Colour of Disease: Syphilis and Racism in South Africa, 1880-1950 - St Antony's Series
K. Jochelson
Doctors drew on ideas from social Darwinism, eugenics, and social anthropology to explain the incidence of syphilis among poor whites and Africans, especially women, and to help define 'normal' and abnormal sexual behaviour for racial groups.
260 pages, tables, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 3, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780333740446 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 21 mm · 514 g |