Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm
Health, Race, Environment and British Imperialism in India, 1600-1850
Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm
ISBN: 978-0-19-566128-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This is the first major study of European attitudes towards India's climate and their bearing on imperial expansion showing how growing fears about racial degeneration led to abandoning plans for white colonisation. It also explains the emergence of modern concepts of race.




