S. Polu

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Infectious Disease in India, 1892-1940 (eBook, PDF)

Policy-Making and the Perception of Risk

Beschreibung

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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Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 229
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137009326
• Artikelnr.: 45972187