{"product_id":"the-assam-diaries-caroline-allana-scott-9798296807892","title":"The Assam Diaries: Medicine on a Tropical Tea Estate during the 1950s","description":"A book that will appeal to readers of biographies and memoirs - and those interested in social history. It explores the complexities of life on an Indian tea plantation from the perspective of a Scottish doctor during the 1950s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of the author's father, Dr Allan Scott MBChB DTM\u0026amp;H DObst RCOG, who spent seven years in Assam, with his wife (the author's mother), caring for the workforces on a number of different tea gardens. He also carried out research into different methods of malaria control, documenting his findings in published papers, and commenting on them in a series of letters he wrote to his parents. The letters are invaluable, not only from a medical perspective, but from a geographic, economic and social one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing Dr Scott's death (2004), the author was given these letters. She read them to her mother, who made some very interesting comments, and produced a photograph album, compiled during their time in India. It soon became apparent that not only do the letters give an accurate account of a bygone era, the photographs, together with additional observations, now provide an excellent resource to restore a forgotten part of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Allana Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798296807892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Caroline Allana Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47931151941887,"sku":"9798296807892","price":13.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3872e158-a76e-44aa-97af-33609278c69e.jpg?v=1766346805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-assam-diaries-caroline-allana-scott-9798296807892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}