Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940
Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk
Nonfiction, History, Reference, Historiography, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences
| Author: | S. Polu | ISBN: | 9781137009326 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 17, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | S. Polu |
| ISBN: | 9781137009326 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 17, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
