Infectious Disease in India 1892-1940 - Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Polu, S Polu, S. Polu, Sandhya L. Polu, POLU SANDHYA L
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2012
• EAN: 9780230354609
• ISBN: 978-0-230-35460-9
• No. of pages: 239
• Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Co; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Co; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; B, Cultural History, History, Social & cultural history, world history, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Historiography, History of Science, Asian History, imperialism, World History, Global and Transnational History, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Historiography and Method, Imperialism and Colonialism, Asia—History, bibliography;Case Studies;epidemic;health;India;perception