Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk
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.
- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (May 22 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0230354602
- ISBN-13: 978-0230354609
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.
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