Contagion and Enclaves Tropical Medicine in Colonial India

Colonialism created exclusive economic and segregatory social spaces for the exploitation and management of natural and human resources, in the form of plantations, ports, mining towns, hill stations, civil lines and new urban centres for Europeans. Contagion and Enclaves studies the social history...

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Main Author: Bhattacharya, Nandini
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Liverpool Liverpool University Press 2012
Edition:1
Series:Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines
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ISBN:9781846318290, 1846318297, 1781386366, 9781781386361
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Table of Contents:
  • Contagion and enclaves: tropical medicine in colonial India -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Disease and Colonial Enclaves -- Chapter 2: The Sanatorium of Darjeeling: European Health in a Tropical Enclave -- Chapter 3: Pioneering Years in Plantation and Medicine in Darjeeling, Terai and Duars -- Chapter 4: The Sanatorium Enclave: Climate and Class in Colonial Darjeeling -- Chapter 5: Contending Visions of Health Care in the Plantation Enclaves -- Chapter 6: The Plantation Enclave, the Colonial State and Labour Health Care -- Chapter 7: Tropical Medicine in Its ‘Field’: Malaria, Hookworm and the Rhetoric of the ‘Local’ -- Chapter 8: Habitation and Health in Colonial Enclaves: The Hill-station and the Tea Plantations -- Bibliography -- Index.
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of illustrations List of tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations CHAPTER 1: Disease and Colonial Enclaves CHAPTER 2: The Sanatorium of Darjeeling: CHAPTER 3: Pioneering Years in Plantation and Medicine in Darjeeling, Terai and Duars CHAPTER 4: The Sanatorium Enclave: CHAPTER 5: Contending Visions of Health Care in the Plantation Enclaves CHAPTER 6: The Plantation Enclave, the Colonial State and Labour Health Care CHAPTER 7: Tropical Medicine in Its ‘Field’: CHAPTER 8: Habitation and Health in Colonial Enclaves: Bibliography Index
  • List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Disease and Colonial Enclaves 2. The Sanatorium of Darjeeling: European Health in a Tropical Enclave 3. Pioneering Years in Plantation and Medicine in Darjeeling, Terai and Duars 4. The Sanatorium Enclave: Climate and Class in Colonial Darjeeling 5. Contending Visions of Health Care in the Plantation Enclaves 6. The Plantation Enclave, the Colonial State and Labour Health Care 7. Tropical Medicine in Its ‘Field’: Malaria, Hookworm and the Rhetoric of the ‘Local’ 8. Habitation and Health in Colonial Enclaves: The Hill-station and the Tea Plantations Bibliography Index
  • Cover Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Disease and Colonial Enclaves 2 The Sanatorium of Darjeeling: European Health in a Tropical Enclave 3 Pioneering Years in Plantation and Medicine in Darjeeling, Terai and Duars 4 The Sanatorium Enclave: Climate and Class in Colonial Darjeeling 5 Contending Visions of Health Care in the Plantation Enclaves 6 The Plantation Enclave, the Colonial State and Labour Health Care 7 Tropical Medicine in Its ‘Field’: Malaria, Hookworm and the Rhetoric of the ‘Local’ 8 Habitation and Health in Colonial Enclaves: The Hill-station and the Tea Plantations Bibliography Index
  • 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