Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk by Polu, S.

Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230354609)

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Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk by Polu, S.

Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk

$54.99
Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk by Polu, S.

Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health diplomacy, trade, imperial governance, medical technologies, and cultural norms operated within global and colonial conceptions of political and epidemiological risk to shape infectious disease policies in colonial India.

Author: S. Polu
ISBN-10: 0230354602
ISBN-13: 9780230354609
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2012
Pages: 229
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d
By S. Polu
By S. Polu
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SANDHYA POLU is currently Special Aide to the United States Ambassador to Italy at the US Embassy in Rome, Italy. Prior to this appointment, she worked at the Tauri Group, advising the US Department of Defense on international biosecurity policies. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Harvard University and a B.A. in History from Stanford University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Italy.

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