S. Polu
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2012
9781349346578
Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940
Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781349346578
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349346578
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
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