Infectious Disease in India, 18921940: PolicyMaking and the Perception of Risk (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies) - Hardcover

Polu, Sandhya L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230354602 ISBN 13: 9780230354609

Verlag: AIAA, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

This book analyzes how international and colonial perceptions of the economic, political, and epidemiological risks associated with epidemics influenced infectious disease policies in British India

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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.

Biografía del autor:

SANDHYA POLU is currently Special Aide to the United States Ambassador to Italy at the US Embassy in Rome, Italy. Prior to this appointment, she worked at the Tauri Group, advising the US Department of Defense on international biosecurity policies. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Harvard University and a B.A. in History from Stanford University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Italy.

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• Verlag: AIAA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230354602
• ISBN 13: 9780230354609
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240