Colonizing the body : state medicine and epidemic disease in nineteenth-century India / David Arnold.

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Arnold, David, 1946-

Title & Author:

Colonizing the body : state medicine and epidemic disease in nineteenth-century India / David Arnold.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index.
Introduction -- Occidental therapeutics and oriental bodies -- Colonial enlcaves: the army and the jails -- Smallpox: the body of the goddess -- Cholera: disease as disorder -- Plague: assault on the body -- Health and hegemony.

Summary:

In this innovative analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India, David Arnold explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Focusing on three major epidemic diseases--smallpox, cholera, and plague--Arnold analyzes the impact of medical interventionism. He demonstrates that Western medicine as practiced in India was not simply transferred from West to East, but was also fashioned in response to local needs and Indian conditions. By emphasizing this colonial dimension of medicine, Arnold highlights the centrality of the body to political authority in British India and shows how medicine both influenced and articulated the intrinsic contradictions of colonial rule.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0520081242 (alk. paper)
9780520081246 (alk. paper)
0520082958 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520082953 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Medicine India History 19th century.
Medicine Political aspects India.
Social medicine India History.
Public health Political aspects India.
Smallpox Government policy India.
Cholera Government policy India.
Plague Government policy India.
Imperialism.
Politics, Practical.
Social medicine India History 19th century.
History, 19th Century
Cholera history
Health Policy history
Plague history
Politics
Public Health history
Smallpox history
Social Medicine history
Médecine Inde Histoire 19e siècle.
Médecine Aspect politique Inde.
Médecine sociale Inde Histoire 19e siècle.
Santé publique Aspect politique Inde.
Variole Politique gouvernementale Inde.
Choléra Politique gouvernementale Inde.
Peste Politique gouvernementale Inde.
Impérialisme.
Médecine Histoire 19e siècle.
Politique.
politics.
15.75 history of Asia.
Cholera Government policy
Medicine
Medicine Political aspects
Plague Government policy
Public health Political aspects
Smallpox Government policy
Social medicine
Gesundheitswesen
Infektionskrankheit
Gezondheidszorg.
Epidemieën.
Médecine Inde 19e siècle.
Médecine sociale Inde Histoire.
Variole Politique publique Inde.
Choléra Politique publique Inde.
Peste Politique publique Inde.
India
Indien
Geschichte 1800-1900
Medicine History 19th century India
Social medicine History India

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Student Collection.
History

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Location: Library main 308283
Call No.: BIB 253708
Status: Available

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