01070nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653001300055653001900068653001200087653002200099653002300121100001500144700001800159245008000177856004900257300000700306520053700313022001400850       2017                            d10aColombia10acurrency10aLeper Colonies10aleprosy10aSocial protection10aSocial segregation1 aSalazar OR1 aHernández DA00aCurrency and Social Segregation, the Case of the Leper Colonies in Colombia  uhttps://journals.openedition.org/ei/pdf/6058  a233 a<p>This article is an account of the experience of the policy for the fight against leprosy developed in Colombia between 1890 and 1930, which combined the obligatory confinement of the diseased with the existence of a special currency for leper colonies. The purpose of analyzing that experience is to probe the links between that currency and social protection, as well as to discuss the theoretical elements which allow us to analyze that link in societies which have not attained an extension of the salaried relationship.</p>
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