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Beastly encounters of the Raj, livelihoods, livestock and veterinary health in North India, 1790-1920, Saurabh Mishra

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Beastly encounters of the Raj, livelihoods, livestock and veterinary health in North India, 1790-1920, Saurabh Mishra
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Beastly encounters of the Raj
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Responsibility statement
Saurabh Mishra
Series statement
MUP - Manchester Studies in Imperialism
Sub title
livelihoods, livestock and veterinary health in North India, 1790-1920
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Veterinary Health and the Colonial State -- 1. Horse Breeding and the Ideologies of the Early Colonial State -- 2. Beasts, Murrains and Veterinary Health -- 3. Ticks, Germs and Bacteriological Research -- Part II. Caste, Class and Cattle -- 4. Cattle, Famines and the Colonial State -- 5. Food Adulteration, Public Health and Middle Class Anxieties -- 6. Cattle-Poisoning and the Chamar Identity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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