LEADER 04286nam 2200661 450 001 9910797927003321 005 20230807210030.0 010 $a0-8229-8104-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000576211 035 $a(EBL)4354153 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001598754 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16300481 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001598754 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14803847 035 $a(PQKB)11002516 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4354153 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4354153 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11149416 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL891034 035 $a(OCoLC)936882050 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000576211 100 $a20160209h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEpidemics, empire, and environments $echolera in Madras and Quebec City, 1818-1910 /$fMichael Zeheter 210 1$aPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of the Urban Environment 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8229-4446-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cholera and the Colonial State in Urban Environments; Part I. First Encounters; 1. Strategies of Treatment: Madras, 1818-1833; 2. Strategies of Control: Quebec City, 1832-1834; Part II. Integrating Sanitation; 3. Frequent Visitations: Quebec City, 1840-1854; 4. The Advent of Sanitarianism: Madras, 1840-1857; 5. Sanitary Consensus at Last: Madras, 1858-1883; Part III. Bacteriology and the Promise of Clarity; 6. Finding the Comma Bacillus: Bacteriology in Madras and Quebec City, 1865-1910 327 $aConclusion: The Colonial State and the Elusive Consensus Regarding CholeraNotes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge against human populations. Practitioners had little success in mitigating the symptoms of the disease, and its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role in the sites where outbreaks occurred. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. The colonial state in Quebec aimed to emulate British precedent and develop similar institutions that allowed authorities to prevent cholera by imposing quarantines and controlling the disease through comprehensive change to the urban environment and sanitary improvements. In Madras, however, the provincial government sought to exploit the colony for profit and was reluctant to commit its resources to measures against cholera that would alienate the city's inhabitants. It was only in 1857, after concern rose in Britain over the health of its troops in India, that a civilizing mission of sanitary improvement was begun. As Zeheter shows, complex political and economic factors came to bear on the reshaping of each colony's environment and the urgency placed on disease control"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. He examines the complex political and economic factors that came to bear on the reshaping of each colony's environment and the urgency placed on disease control"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aHistory of the urban environment. 606 $aCholera$zIndia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCholera$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEpidemics$zIndia 606 $aEpidemics$zCanada 615 0$aCholera$xHistory 615 0$aCholera$xHistory 615 0$aEpidemics 615 0$aEpidemics 676 $a616.9/32 686 $aTEC010000$aHIS037060$2bisacsh 700 $aZeheter$b Michael$01463071 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797927003321 996 $aEpidemics, empire, and environments$93672280 997 $aUNINA