Umfang:
ca. 240 S.
ISBN:
9780230354609
Serie:
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
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""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781137009326
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780230354609
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940 : Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
URN:
10.1057/9781137009326
URL:
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