Pandemic India: from cholera to Covid-19

Covid-19 has given renewed and urgent attention to the idea of a pandemic as a devastating and recurrent global phenomenon. Today the term is freely and widely used - but, in reality, it has a long and contested history, centering in particular on South Asia. 'Pandemic India' is an innovat...

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Main Author: Arnold, David 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2023
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Covid-19 has given renewed and urgent attention to the idea of a pandemic as a devastating and recurrent global phenomenon. Today the term is freely and widely used - but, in reality, it has a long and contested history, centering in particular on South Asia. 'Pandemic India' is an innovative and wide-ranging enquiry into the emergence of the pandemic idea and the changing meaning of pandemics, exploring the pivotal role played by - or assigned to - India over the past 200 years
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2022. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 322 Seiten)
ISBN:9780197683484
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197659625.001.0001

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