Epidemic Malaria and hunger in colonial Punjab : weakened by want / Sheila Zurbrigg

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Zurbrigg, Sheila

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TextSeries: The Social History of Health and Medicine in South AsiaPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.Edition: South Asia edDescription: xxiii, 446 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780367247300

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23 614.532 ZUR

Summary: This scholarly study argues that acute hunger and famine conditions played a central role in the severe malaria epidemics that affected colonial Punjab during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using mortality statistics, demographic data, and colonial records, Sheila Zurbrigg examines the relationship between food insecurity, famine relief policies, and malaria mortality. The book challenges conventional explanations of epidemic malaria and explores the broader connections between disease, poverty, nutrition, and colonial governance. It is an important contribution to the history of medicine, public health, and colonial South Asia.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Barcode
Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection	SNU LIBRARY	614.532 ZUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection	G4320

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This scholarly study argues that acute hunger and famine conditions played a central role in the severe malaria epidemics that affected colonial Punjab during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using mortality statistics, demographic data, and colonial records, Sheila Zurbrigg examines the relationship between food insecurity, famine relief policies, and malaria mortality. The book challenges conventional explanations of epidemic malaria and explores the broader connections between disease, poverty, nutrition, and colonial governance. It is an important contribution to the history of medicine, public health, and colonial South Asia.

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