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Author Bhattacharya, Nandini, 1964- author

Title Contagion and enclaves : tropical medicine in colonial India / by Nandini Bhattacharya
Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (219 pages)
Series Postcolonialism across the disciplines ; 10
Postcolonialism across the disciplines ; 10.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Bibliography; Index
Summary Contagion and Enclaves studies the social history of medicine within two intersecting enclaves in colonial India; the hill station of Darjeeling which incorporated the sanitarian and racial norms of the British Raj; and in the adjacent tea plantations of North Bengal, which produced tea for the global market
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-209) and index
Notes In English
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Subject Medical care -- India -- History -- 19th century
Public health -- India -- History -- 19th century
Segregation -- India -- History -- 19th century
Comparative government.
Sociology.
Medical care.
Medical personnel.
Social sciences.
History.
Humanities.
Social history.
Tropical medicine.
National health services.
Political Systems
Socioeconomic Factors
Medicine
Sociology
History, Modern 1601-
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Delivery of Health Care
Population Characteristics
Health Occupations
Social Sciences
History
Humanities
Disciplines and Occupations
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
History, 19th Century
Social Conditions
Tropical Medicine
Colonialism
Health Services
Patient Care
sociology.
social sciences.
history (discipline)
humanities.
social history.
Humanities.
History.
History: specific events and topics.
Colonialism and imperialism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
Tropical medicine
Sociology
Social sciences
Social history
National health services
Medical personnel
Humanities
History
Comparative government
Medical care
Public health
Segregation
Social conditions
SUBJECT India -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Subject India
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1846317835
9781846317835