The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial IndiaBiswamoy Pati, Mark Harrison This book analyzes the diverse facets of the social history of health and medicine in colonial India. It explores a unique set of themes that capture the diversities of India, such as public health, medical institutions, mental illness and the politics and economics of colonialism. Based on inter-disciplinary research, the contributions offer valuable insight into topics that have recently received increased scholarly attention, including the use of opiates and the role of advertising in driving medical markets. The contributors, both established and emerging scholars in the field, incorporate sources ranging from palm leaf manuscripts to archival materials. This book will be of interest to scholars of history, especially the history of medicine and the history of colonialism and imperialism, sociology, social anthropology, cultural theory, and South Asian Studies, as well as to health workers and NGOs. |
Contents
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The emergence of public health in Calcutta Partho Datta | 15 |
Saurabh Mishra | 31 |
Indigenous staff the colonial state and public health Amna Khalid | 45 |
BritishIndian sanitary strategies in Central Asia 18971907 Sanchari Dutta | 74 |
Kalaazar in British India Achintya Kumar Dutta | 93 |
Colonial Orissa 1870s1940s Biswamoy Pati and Chandi P Nanda | 113 |
Lunatic asylums in Bengal c 18001900 Waltraud Ernst | 129 |
Ethnicity in the Indian army and hospitals for sepoys c 1870s1890s Samiksha Sehrawat ... | 151 |
Morbid anatomy in British India 17701850 Mark Harrison | 173 |
A few words from the epitaph of subaltern science Projit Bihari Mukharji ... | 195 |
Exploring medical advertisements in colonial India Madhuri Sharma | 213 |
Amar Farooqui | 229 |
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The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India Biswamoy Pati,Mark Harrison Limited preview - 2008 |
The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India Biswamoy Pati,Mark Harrison No preview available - 2011 |
The social history of health and medicine in colonial India Mark Harrison,Biswamoy Pati No preview available - 2009 |