The collectors of lost souls : turning Kuru scientists into whitemen /

The collectors of lost souls : turning Kuru scientists into whitemen /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Anderson, Warwick, 1958-
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Description:	318 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Gajdusek, D. Carleton -- (Daniel Carleton), -- 1923-2008 Gajdusek, D. Carleton -- (Daniel Carleton), -- 1923-2008. Kuru -- Papua New Guinea -- History. Virologists -- United States -- Biography. Neurologists -- United States -- Biography. Fore (Papua New Guinean people) -- Diseases. 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. Cannibalism. Fore (Papua New Guinean people) -- Diseases. Kuru. Neurologists. Virologists. Papua New Guinea. United States. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7411184

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ISBN:	9780801890406 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801890403 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-310) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Disease Europeans Catch from Kuru
Chapter 1. Stranger Relations
Chapter 2. Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man
Chapter 3. A Contemptuous Tenderness
Chapter 4. The Scientist and His Magic
Chapter 5. Hearts of Darkness
Chapter 6. Specimen Days
Chapter 7. We Were Their People
Chapter 8. Stumbling along the Tortuous Road
Conclusion: Denouement Was a Bit Difficult
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index