Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940
Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk
Seiten
2012
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-00932-6 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-00932-6 (ISBN)
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.
Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction All Eyes on India Plague and Cholera – The Epidemic versus the Endemic Malaria – India's True Plague From Panama to Khartoum – Yellow Fever Inches Closer to Home Disease as Prism Epilogue: Swine Flu Redux Notes Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.4.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | X, 229 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Schlagworte | Bibliography • Case Studies • Epidemic • Health • India • perception |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-00932-2 / 1137009322 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-00932-6 / 9781137009326 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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