Beastly Encounters of the Raj - Livelihoods, Livestock and Veterinary Health in North India, 1790-1920

Informationen zum Autor Saurabh Mishra is Lecturer in History at the University of Sheffield Klappentext This book explores both the social history of livestock and veterinary history in South Asia, and integrates both of them seamlessly within its narrative. Zusammenfassung This book explores both the social history of livestock and veterinary history in South Asia! and integrates both of them seamlessly within its narrative. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart IVeterinary Health and the Colonial State1. Horse Breeding and the Ideologies of the Early Colonial State 2. Beasts, Murrains and Veterinary Health3. Ticks, Germs and Bacteriological ResearchPart IICaste, Class and Cattle4. Cattle, Famines and the Colonial State5. Food Adulteration, Public Health and Middle Class Anxieties6. Cattle-Poisoning and the Chamar IdentityConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Saurabh Mishra
• Assisted by: John M Mackenzie (Editor), Andrew Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2015
• EAN: 9780719089725
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8972-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Food Animal, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Medicine, Social and cultural history, Veterinary medicine: large animals (domestic / farm), Colonialism and imperialism, Veterinary medicine: large animals, Animal Husbandry, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909