The collectors of lost souls : turning kuru scientists into whitemen / Warwick Anderson.
The collectors of lost souls : turning kuru scientists into whitemen / Warwick Anderson.
The collectors of lost souls : turning kuru scientists into whitemen / Warwick Anderson.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
N616.80092/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
318p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Contents
Stranger relations -- Portrait of the scientist as a young man -- A contemptuous tenderness -- The scientist and his magic -- Hearts of darkness -- Specimen days -- We were their people -- Stumbling along the tortuous road.
Publication information
Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
United States of America
Date Published
2008.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Kuru--history--Papua New Guinea
- Biomedical Research--history--Papua New Guinea
- Cannibalism--Papua New Guinea
- Funeral Rites--Papua New Guinea
- History, 20th Century--Papua New Guinea
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The collectors of lost souls : turning kuru scientists into whitemen / Warwick Anderson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N616.80092/5
Record Identifier
74VM4m4EJPAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4m4EJPAl
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ISBN
0801890403 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801890406 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
616.80092
MMS ID
991001349049702626
