Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk
Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
ISBN: 978-0-230-39643-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
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.
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Research
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Weitere Infos & Material
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
