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

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

The disease Europeans catch from Kuru -- 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 -- Dénouement was a bit difficult.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-310) and index.