Epidemics, Empire, and Environments - Cholera in Madras and Quebec City, 1818-1910

Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. He examines the complex political and economic factors that came to bear on the reshaping of each colony's environment and the urgency placed on disease control.

About the author

Michael Zeheter is a research associate and lecturer in the department of history at the University of Trier.

Summary

Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. He examines the complex political and economic factors that came to bear on the reshaping of each colony's environment and the urgency placed on disease control.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Zeheter
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9780822944461
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4446-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Series: Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ; History of the Urban Environment; History of the Urban Environment; Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology