Format:
ca. 240 S.
ISBN:
9780230354609
Series Statement:
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Content:
Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health diplomacy, trade, imperial governance, medical technologies, and cultural norms operated within global and colonial conceptions of political and epidemiological risk to shape infectious disease policies in colonial India.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 All Eyes on India""; ""2 Plague and Cholera � The Epidemic versus the Endemic""; ""3 Malaria � India's True Plague""; ""4 From Panama to Khartoum � Yellow Fever Inches Closer to Home""; ""5 Disease as Prism""; ""Epilogue: Swine Flu Redux""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137009326
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230354609
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940 : Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URN:
10.1057/9781137009326
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