Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940 [electronic resource] : Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk /
Polu, S.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 All Eyes on India""; ""2 Plague and Cholera â€? The Epidemic versus the Endemic""; ""3 Malaria â€? India's True Plague""; ""4 From Panama to Khartoum â€? Yellow Fever Inches Closer to Home""; ""5 Disease as Prism""; ""Epilogue: Swine Flu Redux""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Historiography.
History.
World history.
Imperialism.
Civilization-History.
Asia-History.
Historiography and Method.
History of Science.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Cultural History.
Asian History.