Empire and science in the making : Dutch colonial scholarship in comparative global perspective, 1760-1830 / edited by Peter Boomgaard.

Leprosy and colonialism : Suriname under Dutch rule, 1750-1950 / Stephen Snelders.

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Empire and science in the making : Dutch colonial scholarship in comparative global perspective, 1760-1830 / edited by Peter Boomgaard.

Leprosy and colonialism : Suriname under Dutch rule, 1750-1950 / Stephen Snelders.