Making and Unmaking the Asylum: Leprosy and Modernity in Singapore and Malaysia
by Loh Kah Seng
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9833782760
- ISBN 13
- 9789833782765
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information And Research Development Centre, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A moving history of the treatment of leprosy in colonial and post colonial Malaysia and Singapore. Despite the often brutal policies of exclusion from society, the author demonstrates how leprosy sufferers were able to create families, forge relationships and live a sort of life resembling normality. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 151 pages with an index, bibliography and some black and white plates. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has minimal wear. The first and last three pages have light spotting. Otherwise The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is minimal tanning throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ML4549
- Title
- Making and Unmaking the Asylum: Leprosy and Modernity in Singapore and Malaysia
- Author
- Loh Kah Seng
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 9833782760
- ISBN 13
- 9789833782765
- Publisher
- Strategic Information And Research Development Centre
- Place of Publication
- Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Malaysia - Malaya - Singapore - Leprosy - History of Treatment
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