Beastly encounters of the Raj: Livelihoods, livestock and veterinary health in India, 1790-1920
Saurabh Mishra
Abstract
This study examines several themes such as public health, caste formation, famines, bacteriology, and the nature of the colonial state. These subjects have been studied while focusing on the central question of cattle within the predominantly agrarian landscape of India. The question of cattle was intimately linked to several areas of inquiry that have received great scholarly attention in the recent past. This includes studies on the nature of the colonial agrarian economy, or on the nature of the medical/public health intervention in colonies like India. Curiously though, despite the great s ... More
This study examines several themes such as public health, caste formation, famines, bacteriology, and the nature of the colonial state. These subjects have been studied while focusing on the central question of cattle within the predominantly agrarian landscape of India. The question of cattle was intimately linked to several areas of inquiry that have received great scholarly attention in the recent past. This includes studies on the nature of the colonial agrarian economy, or on the nature of the medical/public health intervention in colonies like India. Curiously though, despite the great spurt in writings around these themes, the subject of cattle and livestock has been completely ignored-there is not a single full-length work that examines it in all its complexities and detail. This book will both redress the balance as well as open up a new theme that will potentially attract great scholarly attention in the future.
Keywords:
Veterinary, caste, adulteration, famine, cattle, horse-breeding, bacteriology
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780719089725 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: January 2016 |
DOI:10.7228/manchester/9780719089725.001.0001 |
