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Author Zurbrigg, Sheila

Title Epidemic Malaria and Hunger in Colonial Punjab : Weakened by Want
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (471 pages)
Series The Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia Ser
Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Glossary; 1 Introduction; Part 1 Epidemic malaria in Punjab: the rain-'scarcity' model; 2 Malaria in the Punjab: an overview; 3 Theoretical and methodological issues; 4 Testing the rain-price epidemic malaria model; 5 'Outlier' malaria epidemics; 6 'Intense' malaria: biological mechanisms; Part II Colonial malaria control: policy and practice; 7 Malaria policy in British India; 8 The 'Human Factor' articulated
9 Post-Simla: malaria control in practicePart III Shifts in food security, 1868-1947; 10 Relief of 'established' famine, 1880-1900; 11 The shift to famine prevention; 12 Acute hunger and malaria lethality: 'test cases' post-1940; 13 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Notes Print version record
Subject Malaria -- India -- Punjab
Hunger -- India -- Punjab
Starvation.
Starvation
starvation.
Hunger
Malaria
Starvation
India -- Punjab
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429758775
0429758774