Apalak Das

Empire and Leprosy in Colonial Bengal (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the dynamics of the interface between colonial policy on leprosy and religion, science, and society in Bengal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003862246
• Artikelnr.: 69854227

Autorenporträt

Apalak Das is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Rani Birla Girls' College under Calcutta University, India. He did his PhD from the Department of History, Jadavpur University on Leprosy in Bengal in 2022. His research looks broadly at the social history of medicine in colonial India. He was also a former Research Fellow of the History of Medicine Fellowship at the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, for a two-year term, 2017-2019.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations x
Foreword xii
Acknowledgements xiii
List of Abbreviations xvi
Glossary xviii
Introduction 1
1 Colonialism, Legislation and Leprosy: Bengal and Empire 16
2 Objectifying 'Lepers', Constructing Identity: Missionaries and Colonial
Care in the Leper Asylums of Bengal 57
3 Empire and Institution: Leprosy Research in the Calcutta School of
Tropical Medicine (CSTM) 115
4 Nationalising Disease: 'Kustha cikitsha' and 'Kustha rogi' in Bengali
Newspapers and Health Periodicals 155
Conclusion 193
Bibliography 206
Index 227