Public Health in British India: Anglo-Indian Preventive Medicine 1859-1914

by Mark Harrison

Book Overview

After years of neglect the last decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the medical history of India under colonial rule. This is the first major study of public health in British India. It covers many previously unresearched areas such as European attitudes towards India and its inhabitants, and the way in which these were reflected in medical literature and medical policy; the fate of public health at local level under Indian control; and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521466881
• ISBN13: 9780521466882
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"