Cleansing the world of the germ of laziness: hygiene, sanitation, and the Javanese population in Suriname
In 1915 the Rockefeller Foundation took its hookworm eradication campaign to Suriname, but was soon disappointed because of opposition from its main target group: the Javanese. Moreover, authorities and planters objected to the construction of latrines because of the costs and their belief that the...
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
2014-12-01
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| Series: | História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702014000401437&lng=en&tlng=en |
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